The Long Beach Township Police Department is anticipating an increase in applications for and approvals of licenses to carry handguns in New Jersey following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. The ruling, in June, overturned a gun safety law that prohibited the carrying of weapons in public places in New York.

“A license-to-carry permit authorizes people to carry handguns in an open or concealed manner in public in this state, and the law at…