Ed Murray | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

New Jersey has some of the strictest gun laws in the country, and they're only getting tougher.

But that doesn't mean New Jerseyans don't have tens of thousands guns, many of them illegal.

In fact, the vast majority of guns seized at crime scenes here were illegal and weren't purchased in the Garden State.

Since the Murphy administration began publishing gun seizure data earlier this year, just over 80 percent of firearms seized at crime scenes in New Jersey have been traced to gun sales in other states, according to New Jersey State Police.

These 15 states were the source of more guns recovered in New Jersey this year than any others, according to the state's GunStat reports:

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13. Vermont

Guns recovered in New Jersey: 13

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12. Indiana (Tie)

Guns recovered in New Jersey: 20

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12. Mississippi (Tie)

Guns recovered in New Jersey: 20

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11. Alabama

Guns recovered in New Jersey: 21

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10. West Virginia

Guns recovered in New Jersey: 28

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9. New York (Tie)

Guns recovered in New Jersey: 29

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9. Tennessee (Tie)

Guns recovered in New Jersey: 29

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8. Texas

Guns recovered in New Jersey: 38

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7. Ohio

Guns recovered in New Jersey: 59

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6. Florida

Guns recovered in New Jersey: 92

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5. South Carolina

Guns recovered in New Jersey: 121

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4. North Carolina

Guns recovered in New Jersey: 153

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3. Virginia

Guns recovered in New Jersey: 167

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2. Georgia

Guns recovered in New Jersey: 172

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1. Pennsylvania

Guns recovered in New Jersey: 271

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