Double banning and virtue signaling is the problem. They are not stupid and whole point of this is to rile up other towns, stir the pot and see if anyone sues.
The highland Park ordinance apples to "public buildings, such as our schools, our library and our community center".
Where did you see something about a NJ ordinance that will "essentially ban legal conceal carry everywhere?
Carry permits for the common man is brand new to NJ, so IMO the fact that some are trickling in after such a short time, and nobody has heard of rejections at this point is a good indicator that things are progressing.