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Lautenberg, Corzine and Pascrell Introduce Child Proof Handgun Act Measure Requires Gun Manufacturers to Develop Grip Recognition Technology so Only Rightful Owner Can Discharge Firearm WASHINGTON, DC -- United States Senators Frank R. Lautenberg and Jon S. Corzine, along with Rep. Bill Pascrell introduced legislation in the Senate and House today requiring gun manufacturers to develop a "child proof' gun within five years. Such a gun would include technologies that would prevent anyone except the rightful registered owner from firing the weapon. A child proof gun incorporates dynamic grip recognition technology using electronic sensors embedded in a gun's handle to...

February 17 - Bill Pascrell, who has represented the 8th District in Congress since 1997, has his eyes on a promotion to the U.S. Senate. The 68-year-old Democrat, a former Paterson mayor and state assemblyman, wants his name added to the list of would-be senators who are taking affirmative steps this year to position themselves for a vacancy should Jon Corzine win the November gubernatorial election. After conferring with about 20 politically-connected friends and allies several weeks ago, Pascrell decided to enter what he called “the first phase” of a Senate candidacy. Over the next several months he will ramp...

Speakers at an annual Islamic brunch on Sunday called for greater understanding and tolerance, saying Muslims face constant threats to the kind of everyday existence that other Americans take for granted. Opening the event, Waheed Khalid, chairman of the Bergen County Chapter of the American Muslim Union, said that 3 1/2 years after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, Muslims are still feeling the aftershocks. "The American Muslim community has never felt so insecure and apprehensive due to discrimination and intolerance," Khalid said. "Our government's actions following 9/11 have impacted and continue to impact tens of thousands of...

Jihadists in Jersey  By Joel MowbrayThe New York Sun | March 30, 2004              Congressman Bill Pascrell, D-8, NJ  with Menendez and Corzine Senator Corzine at the Puerto Rican parade in Hoboken.Rep. Bill Pascrell and Senator Corzine, both Democrats of New Jersey, addressed an annual "community brunch" last month co-sponsored by 11 Muslim organizations, including a mosque that has allegedly raised funds for Hamas and another New Jersey mosque whose former imam was convicted last year for smuggling more than a half-million dollars to an Egyptian group that the American Treasury Department subsequently designated a terrorist organization. Mr. Pascrell...