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Guns & Weapons Offenses

Our Federal Government has developed extensive strategies aimed at reducing gun violence across the country.

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Guns & Weapons Offenses

Firearms Charges Are Prosecuted Hard in New Jersey

Our Federal Government has developed extensive strategies aimed at reducing gun violence across the country. New Jersey has extremely harsh state laws which complement the federal laws that aim to combat firearms.

A weapons charge can be brought in state court, in federal court, or alongside a violent crime or drug case — and which forum it lands in changes what you are facing.

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How These Cases Are Built

Law Enforcement’s Tactics

Law enforcement’s tactics in investigating and prosecuting gun offenses include:

Crime Gun Tracing

A recovered firearm is traced back through its history, which is how a single weapon can connect several people to one case.

Database and Incident Reports

Investigation based on database information and local incident reports.

Agencies Working Together

Establishing working relationships among local police departments, county prosecutor’s offices, probation and parole officers, community leaders and federal agencies to support vigorous enforcement of the firearms laws.
Where Enforcement Is Concentrated

New Jersey’s Six Major Urban Centers

12% of the state’s population
47% of its violent crime

In New Jersey our six major urban centers contain less than 12 percent of the state’s population but historically have accounted for more than 47 percent of the state’s violent crime.

That concentration is why firearms enforcement in those cities is heavier than the raw population would suggest, and why a weapons charge brought there can attract federal as well as state attention.

Where the Defense Starts

How the Weapon Was Seized

It is imperative that you contact The Law Offices of Joel Silberman, LLC if you are being investigated for or have been charged with Federal Gun related offenses.

Often the Government’s seizure of weapons involves search warrants and warrantless searches. The Law Offices of Joel Silberman, LLC prides itself on examining the legality of every such search and pursuing the appropriate motions to suppress.

If a search is found unlawful, what it produced can be kept out — and in a weapons case the weapon is usually the case. That is why how the firearm was found matters as much as the charge itself.

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In Their Words

What Clients Say

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Disclaimer: “Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.”

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Charged With a Weapons Offense?

If you are being investigated for or have been charged with a gun or weapons offense, call The Law Offices of Joel Silberman, LLC at 201-420-1913 or email us at joel@joelsilbermanlaw.com. Consultations are free and confidential.

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