# NJOAG Appoints Philip Bangle As Director of Statewide Affirmative Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Office **URL:** \ **Category:** NJ & Federal Gun Laws and Activism\ **Created:** [August 25, 2026, 11:18am UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/njoag-appoints-philip-bangle-as-director-of-statewide-affirmative-firearms-enforcement-safe-office/4916 "2026-08-25T11:18:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/dirtydigz/32/2609_2.png) [@DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/u/DirtyDigz)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 11:18am UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/njoag-appoints-philip-bangle-as-director-of-statewide-affirmative-firearms-enforcement-safe-office/4916/1 "2026-08-25T11:18:21Z")
> **[Attorney General Davenport Selects Philip Bangle to Lead SAFE - Insider NJ](https://www.insidernj.com/press-release/attorney-general-davenport-selects-philip-bangle-to-lead-safe/)** > >       Office of the Attorney General Jennifer Davenport, Attorney General   For Immediate Release: August 24, 2026   Attorney General Davenport Selects Philip Bangle to Lead SAFE TRENTON – Attorney General Jennifer Davenport today announced the... > … Bangle was most recently the Senior Director of Affirmative Litigation at the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, where he managed impact-driven litigation against firearms manufacturers and dealers on behalf of victims of mass shootings, municipalities, and states. Most recently, in August 2025, he secured the largest jury verdict in a contested case against a gun company in history, when a jury awarded the City of Baltimore $62 million from Hanover Armory, a firearms retailer that had flooded the city with ghost guns. … > **[New Jersey AG Hires Brady Lawyer to Harass Gun Manufacturers and Dealers with...](https://www.news2a.com/new-jersey/new-jersey-ag-hires-brady-lawyer-to-harass-gun-manufacturers-and-dealers-with-lawsuits/)** > > New Jersey just put a career gun control litigator in charge of suing the firearms industry. His resume tells you exactly what is coming. ---
**Author:** ![xtors](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/xtors/32/744_2.png) [@xtors](https://njgunforums.net/u/xtors)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 11:44am UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/njoag-appoints-philip-bangle-as-director-of-statewide-affirmative-firearms-enforcement-safe-office/4916/2 "2026-08-25T11:44:41Z")
Oh FFS… ---
**Author:** ![BobinNJ](https://njgunforums.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9de0a6/32.png) [@BobinNJ](https://njgunforums.net/u/BobinNJ)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 1:12am UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/njoag-appoints-philip-bangle-as-director-of-statewide-affirmative-firearms-enforcement-safe-office/4916/3 "2026-08-26T01:12:22Z")
And using my effin tax dollars to do it!!!