Attorney General Matt Platkin (D) used an X post Wednesday to remind owners in New Jersey they can designate their business as a “gun free zone” if they so choose.
Platkin posted:
Business owners: did you know that you can display signs prohibiting guns in and around your establishment?
— Attorney General Matt Platkin (@NewJerseyOAG) May 7, 2025
Declare your property a "gun-free zone" by downloading a flyer or requesting a free decal at https://t.co/QftG2mU4W7 pic.twitter.com/iYUwnfqFet
“Facts don’t lie. No matter what you’ve heard, owners of public establishments CAN display signs prohibiting guns on and around their property,” Platkin’s X post says, and includes a link to the website for New Jersey’s “Sensitive Places Law.”
The website has two buttons, one that downloads a gun-free zone flyer and the second that allows business owners to request a gun-free zone sticker for their business.
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The “Sensitive Places Law” website also announces a number of places where licensed concealed carriers are mandated to be disarmed for self-defense. Those places include “entertainment venues, recreational facilities, parks, beaches, zoos, places that serve alcohol, airports and public transit hubs, public gatherings…child-care facilities, healthcare facilities, long-term care facilities, correctional facilities, homeless shelters,” and many other locations.
New Jersey’s “Sensitive Places Law” was signed by Gov. Phil Murphy (D) on December 22, 2022.
