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SIX LEADING GUN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS FILE JOINT LAWSUIT TO OVERTURN NEW JERSEY'S SUPPRESSOR BAN ANJRPC joins lawsuit
NJFOS press release
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 NRA-ILA's Joseph Greenlee Talks N.J.'s Suppressor Ban Case, Litigation, and More! |
 It's a beautiful day when New Jersey gets served with multiple lawsuits challenging its blatantly unconstitutional bans on commonly owned firearms and accessories. Today, New Jersey shooters can hopefully start counting the days until they can own suppressors, like most of the rest of the country. Coalition of Gun Rights Groups Challenges NJ's Ban on Suppressors |
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Article by Cam Edwards: New Jersey Bans on NFA Items Hit With One-Two Punch of Litigation With the One Big Beautiful Bill zeroing out taxes on suppressors, short-barreled firearms, and "any other weapons", a new front in Second Amendment litigation has opened up. We've already seen lawsuits filed challenging the constitutionality of the National Firearms Act itself, and on Friday 2A organizations filed two new lawsuits challenging the state-level bans on suppressors and short-barreled rifles in the Garden State. In New Jersey, possession of a suppressor is a fourth-degree felony punishable by up to 18 months in prison and a $10,000 fine, even if the device is legally registered under the NFA. As NJFOS Director of Legal Operations Joe Loporto said in a press release announcing the new lawsuit, "there is nothing 'common sense' about a total ban on suppressors", describing the devices as "an arm that can only be used by the people of this state to exercise their core Constitutional rights in a safer manner." Scott Bach, head of the Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, meanwhile predicts the lawsuit will "send shockwaves through the New Jersey statehouse, where lawmakers pretend that the Second Amendment doesn't apply to them." The second lawsuit, challenging the Garden State prohibition on short-barreled firearms, was launched by the Firearms Policy Coalition and Englishtown Borough Mayor Daniel Francisco, who was last in the news for refunding $150 of the $200 concealed carry permit fees for residents of his community. Platkin and his staff are going to be busy mounting defenses to these bans. bearingarms.com |
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NRA-ILA's Greenlee on Litigation and Challenge to N.J. Suppressor Ban Greenlee explained how NYSRPA v. Bruen was an NRA-backed case from day one. Even though they were not listed as a plaintiff, they did support the case and foot the bill. These are things that aren't printed in the briefs. Other cases discussed during his conversation with Bearing Arms that are NRA-backed but aren't known to be, Greenlee said are: Siegel et.al. v. Platkin et.al. and the combined cases of Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, Inc. et.al., Cheeseman, and Rogers v. Platkin et.al. Siegel combined with FPC's Koons case is a challenge to N.J.'s so-called "Bruen response" law. The combined ANJRPC v. Platkin, cases challenge N.J.'s so-called "Assault Weapons" ban and magazine capacity limitations. One of the more exciting things Greenlee spoke about was a challenge to N.J.'s ban on suppressors. Greenlee expressed his own pleasure in the filing of the case, saying that it's been the most fun he's ever had putting together a case. Some of that he attributes to the swath of other groups the NRA is collaborating with on the filing. Something that Greenlee said was that the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals is poised to be one of the better courts to bring suits under. Take hostile-to-the-Second-Amendment New Jersey and have challenges rise up under a now more friendly-to-the-Second-Amendment circuit, and you have a winning strategy. While looking at things from that perspective, Greenlee was asked: "Is it safe to say that the NRA is coming for New Jersey? Is that a message that we can put out there?" Greenlee chuckled, making a big toothy grin smiling through his entire statement he said, "Well, we certainly intend to be very active in New Jersey. And I, again, I think it's going to be a very good place to bring cases. So I anticipate bringing a lot of litigation there over the next few years." bearingarms.com |
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Originally Posted By 57man: We will have answer in about two decade's.
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Mark W. Smith praises Dan Schmutter and his brief.  BREAKING 2A NEWS: TERRIFIC MASSIVE LAWSUIT ON SUPPRESSORS NOW! |
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Originally Posted By 57man: We will have answer in about two decade's. It'll never go anywhere just like the dozens of nj lawsuits. The communists in Trenton will continue to wipe their asses with the US Constitution and then rubbing the citizens noses in it because they know there isn't anything a serf can do about it. |
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Originally Posted By TheTallest: It'll never go anywhere just like the dozens of nj lawsuits. The communists in Trenton will continue to wipe their asses with the US Constitution and then rubbing the citizens noses in it because they know there isn't anything a serf can do about it. Originally Posted By TheTallest: Originally Posted By 57man: We will have answer in about two decade's. It'll never go anywhere just like the dozens of nj lawsuits. The communists in Trenton will continue to wipe their asses with the US Constitution and then rubbing the citizens noses in it because they know there isn't anything a serf can do about it. This, and the lawyers will continue to line their pockets with our money, I stopped contributing to the nonsense about a year ago. |
 Game-Changing Lawsuit Takes Aim at Suppressor Laws |
 Everything You Need To Know About Suppressors (Mostly) | An Introduction to Cans  
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Forbes article: Lawsuit: New Jersey's Suppressor Ban Violates The Second Amendment Meanwhile, Guam just became more free than New Jersey.   |
| I'm wondering how threaded barrels will be addressed. Could NJ possibly allow suppressors but keep the prohibition on threaded barrels? |
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Little boy blue's a big girl now"
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Originally Posted By Whamo: I'm wondering how threaded barrels will be addressed. Could NJ possibly allow suppressors but keep the prohibition on threaded barrels? If this case is only specifically about suppressors it's a possible outcome. There are workarounds though. There are suppressor attachment systems that do not utilize threads on the firearm itself such as Dead Air Keymo, HK three lug, or CMMG Bi-lock. And of course threaded barrels are legal on certain firearms. |
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Joe LoPorto Mark your calendars! On August 7th, we will file our motion for summary judgment in Padua v. Davenport, our challenge to New Jersey's ban on suppressors. That will be one of the first major 2A briefs since ANJRPC/Cheeseman was decided. Likely going in on the same day the Third Circuit's mandate will reach the district court. Also, worth pointing out that the original guideline from the Attorney General's Office that established the "substantially identical" test for the state's assault weapon ban was first published in August of 1996.... just a few days shy of the 30th anniversary of that guideline, that system will forever be struck down... while a district court starts weighing restrictions on NFA items in the Garden State. If Second Amendment jurisprudence could be poetry, we are surely seeing it here in New Jersey. |
 Coalition of Advocacy Groups Files Motion for Summary Judgment in NJ Suppressor Ban Case "This case is critical for many reasons," said Joe LoPorto, director of legal operations at NJFOS. "While suppressors are clearly in common use, outright state-level bans on suppressors simply lack common sense. Suppressors do not make firearms more dangerous; they make them safer. But just as important, this issue is the next significant evolution of case law on hardware bans in the US." The brief points out that suppressors are legal in 42 states and over 6.5 million suppressors are in the hands of law-abiding Americans. As cited in the brief, there are roughly four times as many suppressors in the U.S. as there are licensed attorneys in the U.S. Brief for a motion of summary judgement |
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Originally Posted By Sc0tt: There is a HUGE difference between what these lawsuits CAN change versus what they WILL change. NJ will continue to assrape it's law abiding gun owners without lube. The scumbags in charge couldn't give less of a fuck what the constitution or laws say. It's the MO of this state, suppressor ban found unconstitutional? OK fine then you can buy one after you get toe printed at the one location available to do so in the state and the wait is about 6 months and the fee is $500. Once toe prints are approved you need to take a course by a NJ certified suppressor instructor, sorry there's also only one of those in the state and wait time is 12 months and the fee is $500. Those requirements put an unnecessary burden on citizens trying to exercise a Constitutional right. Think so? Sue us, see you in 3 years. Fuck NJ! |
| I think I've said this before many EU countries mandate suppressors for hunting - less animals/herd stress and for hunters' and locals hearing protection. |
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