N.J.'s ban on AR-15 'assault' rifles is unconstitutional, federal court rules

[Wicked Blue]

By S.P. Sullivan | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

A federal court judge on Tuesday ruled New Jersey’s ban on AR-15 rifles is unconstitutional, a decision that could force the state to lift its decades-old prohibition on certain semi-automatic weapons.

The judge’s ruling was limited in scope — it applies only to one type of firearm, the Colt AR-15, and allows “for use of self-defense within the home.”

It marks the latest clawback of New Jersey’s famously strict gun laws following several recent pro-Second Amendment decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court.

The decision was hailed as a partial victory by gun rights advocates who challenged New Jersey’s ban, arguing in court papers the law “blatantly violates the fundamental rights of the state’s law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms in common use for self-defense and other lawful purposes.”

https://www.nj.com/news/2024/07/njs-ban-on-ar-15-assault-rifles-is-unconstitutional-federal-court-rules.html

[ck4829]

1. N.J.'s ban on AR-15 assault rifles is unconstitutional, federal 'court' rules

Spicing up conversations with quotation marks

[Wicked Blue]

2. I wonder if the judge was a Felon appointee

[ck4829]

4. Good question

[yagotme]

8. GW, per article. nt

[brewens]

3. I always just say assault rifles in posts to try and bait gun MAGAts. They come in with the idiotic NRA

babbling points and I get to smack them down and school their asses.

I'll just say something like grownups are speaking here and you morons are the only ones confused by what we're talking about. I don't have to be able to identify and AR-15 hammer spring blindfolded to have an opinion on guns.

[twodogsbarking]

5. Well then I guess we should change the Constitution.

[Karadeniz]

6. What dont they understsnd about well regulated and militia?

[yagotme]

7. It's probably that silly "the people" phrase that keeps popping up in the BOR.

I mean, what militia doesn't need the right of free speech, and all...