Democratic and Republican lawmakers in the Garden State are calling for opposite changes to gun laws in domestic violence cases.

A Democratic proposal would strengthen laws that require domestic violence abusers, and now anyone with a restraining order, to surrender their guns and permits. It’s an effort to protect the victims of domestic violence.

Republican lawmakers think the best way to do that is to expedite the process for victims to get their hands on a gun permit. Currently, the process takes 30 days or more.

But Jane Shivas with the New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women says that whenever guns are in a household, there's a greater likelihood of a domestic homicide.

“Firearms for usage to protect from crime is very rare,” Shivas said. “It’s more likely to be used for harm against someone else as opposed to protection.”

The Republican bill was written after a Berlin Township woman was allegedly stabbed to death by a former boyfriend as she awaited a gun permit.