New Jersey is one of only six states which have no state constitutional protection of the right to keep and bear arms.
That is interesting. There has to be a bit of history behind that I suspect that leads back to too many Tories living in NJ after the Revolution. (Just a wild ass guess.) Just across the river from NJ, Pennsylvania has one of the strongest rights to bear arms of any state, and for the most part it lacks gun control laws, although it needs to become a constitutional carry state to get back the true meaning of the Commonwealth's constitution. The PA's constitution reads:
§ 21. Right to bear arms.
The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State shall not be questioned.
I prefer this wording over the US Constitution. "Shall not be questioned" vs. "shall not be infringed" I view as being you can't even bring up the topic of gun control vs. it's open to discussion.
But the Constitutional rights guaranteed by the Constitution are extended to all citizens like voting rights