Expands culpability requirements for firearms trafficking offenses and violations of regulatory provisions relating to firearms.

This bill (S 1775) strengthens New Jersey's firearms laws by expanding criminal liability for violations. It changes penalties so that knowingly *or recklessly* violating firearm regulations (like dealer rules or permit applications) becomes a fourth-degree crime, rather than requiring only "knowingly." Key provisions include: (1) requiring dealers to know or "reasonably should know" if a buyer plans to transfer firearms to disqualified persons (e.g., felons), making such sales a second-degree crime with an 18-month mandatory prison term; (2) imposing a five-year mandatory minimum for selling firearms to anyone under 18; and (3) adding stricter requirements for false applications and assault firearm registration. These changes directly affect licensed firearms dealers, sellers, and individuals prohibited from possessing firearms under state or federal law.