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Here's what's happening this weekend in Central Jersey. Bob Makin, @ReporterBMakin
The Piscataway Township Council passed an ordinance Thursday that prohibits the retail sale of firearms or ammunition within 1,000 feet of sensitive locations.(Photo: ~File)PISCATAWAY - Despite a threat of future legal action, the Township Council passed a unique gun ordinance.Considered by township officials to be the first of its kind in the state, the ordinance, which bans the retail sale of guns and ammunition within 1,000 feet of schools, day care sites, college campuses, medical facilities, bars, parks, places of worship and similar sites, was unanimously approved at Thursday night's council meeting.The ordinance is expected to take effect next month. No businesses in the township currently sell firearms or ammunition, officials said. "We have power on the local level and a responsibility on the local level to make our community safer," said Ward 3 Councilman Steven D. Cahn, who authored the ordinance. "Local officials have a responsibility to take some action because the federal government will not."We have the authority to do this through our zoning laws and we should do what we can. We're not afraid of the NRA (National Rifle Association). We are going to do the right thing for our residents in town. There would be no merit to a claim against us. We're following what we believe to be proper Constitutional standards." EARLIER: Piscataway gun ordinance would ban sales in 'sensitive' areas[1]READ: Watson Coleman, Pallone call on Congress to act to reduce gun violence[2] In a June 14 letter sent to township attorney Michael Baker, Daniel L. Schmutter, an attorney with the Ridgewood-based firm of Hartman & Winnicki, which represents the Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs (ANJRPC), said "it has come to our attention that the Piscataway Township Council will be 