The saga of New Jersey’s so-called “carry-killer” Bruen response law has been playing out for months. Previously we’ve reported on the two challenges to New Jersey’s law that was enacted in December, which seriously limits the right to carry in the Garden State. Formerly, there were two temporary restraining orders and a preliminary injunction in … Read more
The state Attorney General’s office is five months behind a statutory deadline in determining the “technological viability” of microstamping in guns, with results expected to come sometime this summer. Gov. Phil Murphy last July signed a bill into law that created a roadmap to mandate gun retailers sell firearms with microstamping technology, as part of … Read more
The topic of arms, bearable arms, arms that are appropriate for self-defense, etc., is explored here at TTAG on a daily basis. When it comes to self-defense, though, we can’t exclude improvised weapons in addition to conventional arms. It’s well known that weapons used offensively in an unprovoked attack shifts the window from being protected … Read more
Our friends at Ammoland, who are based in the gun rights hell that is New Jersey, have uncovered what appears to be a little-known aspect of a gun control law that passed and was signed into law last June. They’ve just published an article by attorney Evan Nappen who has read the law closely and … Read more
After the historic NYSRPA v. Bruen decision was handed down last June, some jurisdictions went to work subverting Second Amendment rights, regardless of the high court’s order. They enacted Bruen response bills, erecting new roadblocks to lawful concealed carry. New York most famously passed and enacted the “Concealed Carry Improvement Act” and right next door, … Read more
Statement from Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin on Phillipsburg Incident. pic.twitter.com/7QwKLzWzGp — Attorney General Matt Platkin (@NewJerseyOAG) April 8, 2023 Earlier today a Phillipsburg police officer was shot and injured while responding to the scene of a domestic violence incident. One civilian was also injured. While the shooter is deceased, it is not believed at … Read more
In the New York ruling known as Bruen, the U.S. Supreme Court justices established a new test for Second Amendment cases, focused on whether there’s a historic precedent for the regulation in contention. So Friday, the opposing attorneys spent much of the hearing trying to show why history dating back to the colonial era was on their … Read more
Federal District Judge Renee Bumb has ruled that the plaintiffs challenging New Jersey’s post-Bruen temper tantrum legislation have “a probability of success on the merits of their Second Amendment challenge” when the case is finally fully heard in court. Thus, she issued a temporary restraining order yesterday again blocking enforcement of most of the new … Read more
The latest gun control law passed in response to the Supreme Court’s Bruen decision was signed into law today by New Jersey’s proud gun-grabbing Governor Phil Murphy who is adamant that this is the gun control law that will finally keep Garden Staters safe. As NJ.com details . . . The legislation will require gun … Read more
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