The bills going to Christie include one that would disqualify anyone named on a terrorist watch list from obtaining a gun permit.
The New Jersey Senate passed 10 gun control bills Thursday, three of which now head to Gov. Chris Christie's desk, including one requiring the state to submit certain mental health records to a national background check system.
The bills going to Christie include one that forces state-run pension funds to divest from companies making military-style guns for consumers and another that would disqualify anyone named on a terrorist watch list from obtaining a gun permit.
Other gun control bills passed by the Senate today include a measure that bans firearms .50-caliber or higher. Another— which saw unanimous approval— exempts firearms records from the state's open records law. The bill was introduced in response to a New York newspaper's publication of a map locating firearm permit-holders.
One large bill — a combination of eight smaller bills intended to establish a modernized system of instant background checks for all gun purchases — also passed. It would require, for the first time, that private gun sales go through a dealer to ensure full background checks comply with permit requirements.
The state's Democrat-led Assembly introduced and quickly passed a package of more than 20 gun control bills in February.
Earlier this month, the Assembly gave final legislative approval to other gun control bills that would create a task force to make recommendations on enhancing school safety and one that would create a uniform system to track abandoned and seized firearms.
A bill that would reduce the legal capacity of ammunition magazines from 15 to 10 was not among the votes.
Proponents say the bills would help curb gun violence in the wake of the Newtown, Conn. school massacre. Opponents say they would not help and that they continue to infringe on gun owners' constitutional rights.