Lakewood, Toms River Leading New Jersey with Gun Permit Applications

By FrumNews.com

Toms River and nearby Lakewood are leading New Jersey, according to newly released data. The number of Permit Applications skyrocketing since the attacks on Simchas Torah in Eretz Yisroel and the rise of antisemitic threats, as Yidden across New York and New Jersey have been legally arming themselves.

In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against New York’s restrictive gun laws—which were among the strictest in the country—were unconstitutional. Since then, New York and New Jersey have loosened gun restrictions leading to a flood of applications proceeding in the Frum communities in the Tri-State area.

According to recently released data made available by the state’s Attorney General, since 2020, NJ Gun Permits, there have been 317 and 716 applications in the townships of Lakewood and Toms River, respectively, and 384 applications in nearby Jackson. Since Simchas Torah, Lakewood applications jumped to 153 in 5 months, Toms River was 243, and Jackson 147 in the same period.

In Teaneck—which recently had a massive violent protest by anti-Semitic gangs—gun applications spiked to 47 applications in January and February (for context, there were only 13 applications prior to Simchas Torah in 2023)

While official numbers aren’t available for New York, gun licenses and permits have skyrocketed in New York’s Frum communities of Boro Park, Flatbush, Crown Heights and Williamsburg. As well in the Five Towns, Monsey and Rockland County

Since loosening restrictions, New Jersey and New York have implemented many ‘Gun-Free’ zones, making it a felony crime for licensed permit holders to carry their firearms in many designated locations. The NYS Jewish Gun Club is challenging many of these ‘Gun-Free’ zone restrictions, which ban legal permit holders, in court.

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FrumNews.com would like to remind our readers, that obtaining your concealed carry permit is one aspect, but make time to practice, practice and practice. There is never enough training that one can do. Purchase a proper home safe for when you are not carrying. And most importantly Daven and be mispalel that you will never have to use it.