Tracking ammunition sales and requiring more safety training. Here are 4 new ways N.J.’s tough gun laws could get more strict.

New Jersey could require all handgun ammunition sales to be recorded and compel many people with firearms in the state to undergo regular safety training.

Those are just a couple of new rules on guns proposed in four bills that have been introduced in the state legislature are intended to close loopholes and keep firearms out of the hands of people who aren’t supposed to have one, backers say.

“These new bills will ensure that law enforcement, state entities, and gun store owners will work together to reduce gun crimes and gun trafficking in our communities,” state Assemblyman Louis Greenwald, D-Camden, said.

The intent of the legislation is to stop gun traffickers and so-called straw purchasers of firearms, who buy guns with the intent to give or sell it to somebody who wouldn’t be allowed to legally purchase.

One bill (A5453) would make it a second-degree crime to act as a straw purchaser and it would make it a third-degree crime to transport, sell or possess a firearm without a federally licensed serial number.

Another measure is a bill (A5454) that would add convictions of crimes such as carjacking or making terroristic threats to the list of crimes that ban people from buying firearms in the state.

There’s also a bill (A5452) that would require people to renew their firearm identification card every four years and show that they have completed a gun safety training course each time they renew the license. Active or retired police officers and former members of the military, however, would be exempt from the rule.

Finally, the last measure (A5454) would require places that sell handgun ammunition to track their ammunition sales and report them to the State Police. They would also be required to make sure people purchasing handgun ammunition are 21 years old, which is the legal age for buying a handgun.

Gun control advocates who struggled for years under former Gov. Chris Christie to tighten the state’s already strict firearm rules have found a friend with Gov. Phil Murphy, who said he’d make New Jersey a national leader on gun control.

Late last year, Murphy signed a bill into law that banned “ghost guns” that can be assembled with untraceable components at home. Prior to that, he signed six other bills that reduced magazine capacity, banned armor-piercing bullets, made it tougher to obtain a permit to carry a handgun, expanded background checks on private gun sales, and another measure that keeps firearms out of the hands of people deemed a threat to themselves and others in New Jersey.

Gun rights advocates backed by the National Rifle Association, meanwhile, have taken the Murphy administration to court over some of the laws.

The Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs challenged the 10-round magazine limit on firearms in the state. But a federal court ruled the law doesn’t violate the Constitution.

Matt Arco may be reached at marco@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @MatthewArco or Facebook.

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