AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Federal appeals court strikes down New Jersey's AR-15 and magazine bans as unconstitutional
A federal appeals court has invalidated New Jersey's decades-old bans on so-called assault firearms and large-capacity magazines, ruling both restrictions violate the Second Amendment. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a 10-5 decision on Friday, the first time any federal appeals court in the country has struck down a state-level assault weapons […] The post Federal appeals court strikes down New Jersey's AR-15 and magazine bans as unconstitutional appeared first on American Almanac .
A federal appeals court has invalidated New Jersey's decades-old bans on so-called assault firearms and large-capacity magazines, ruling both restrictions violate the Second Amendment. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a 10-5 decision on Friday, the first time any federal appeals court in the country has struck down a state-level assault weapons ban. The ruling lands at a moment when the legal ground beneath state gun-control regimes is shifting fast. The U.S. Supreme Court has already agreed to hear challenges to similar bans from Illinois and Connecticut, and a decision could come by next summer. For the millions of law-abiding gun owners who have watched blue-state legislatures treat their constitutional rights as a…Open