NRA sues New Jersey over concealed carry law
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NRA sues New Jersey over concealed carry law
Prominent federal and state gun rights groups are suing New Jersey over its concealed carry law.
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The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action and the Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the state of New Jersey, alleging that the state's concealed carry law denies law-abiding gun owners the right to a concealed carry permit.
In what appears to be a move to take their case to the newly established conservative Supreme Court after it rejected a slew of Second Amendment cases last June, the NRA looks ready for another legal challenge.
"It's outrageous that law-abiding people are being denied their right to self-defense by arbitrary means," said Amy Hunter, a spokeswoman for the NRA, in a press statement. "Statistics show that self-defense situations come up quickly and without warning. Time and time again, we hear stories about good people who have saved lives because they were carrying a firearm. The state of New Jersey has no reason to deny law-abiding citizens their constitutional rights."
Filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, the case is Mazahreh v. Grewal. One of the plaintiffs is said to be a firearms instructor with a current federal and New Jersey firearms retail license who attempted to apply for a concealed carry license but was told not to bother because it would not be issued.
House Republicans, while still in the majority, passed the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act in 2018, but Senate Republicans failed to take up the legislation. Going into a new Democratic presidential administration, Second Amendment activists, along with Republicans, are seeking legal pathways to secure gun rights.
Thirty-five states largely mandate civilians to have concealed carry permits in order to carry firearms in public. However, eight states, including New Jersey, have "may issue" laws that give the issuing authority a broad discretion to reject a carry permit to an applicant. For example, if the authority thinks the applicant lacks character or does not have a "good cause" to carry a weapon, a permit can be denied.
However, in 27 states where "shall issue" laws exist, the issuing authority has a more limited amount of discretion and is often restricted to an applicant's criminal background check.
The "may issue" law in New Jersey requires law-abiding gun owners to show they have a justifiable need for a concealed carry permit beyond the right to self-defense. They must show that they have been threatened in a specific way, which has resulted in few New Jersey residents being issued permits.
The Washington Examiner reached out to the New Jersey attorney general's office for comment.
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Why on earth would any state move to deny law-abiding citizens the right to carry legally?
yeah, that's something that has bothered me for years. They say they are doing it to reduce the number of guns out on the streets to try to keep people safer. But criminals are gonna carry no matter what the law says. Democrats keep saying they want common-sense gun laws, but I have yet to see real common-sense ideas around guns come out. Common sense to me says if you want to reduce gun crime you need to ban ALL guns and go door to door to confiscate them. IMO just banning a type of gun doesn't change the dynamic much, not any more than banning sports cars to cut down on speeding would do. Years ago my wife had a Kia that would just fly, easily pushing 100 mph on the road to Vegas. And I dare anybody to call a Kia Sopha a sports car...
I would just love to see the stats of murders or persons shot by legal concealed-carry permittees. You know, in case the state could justify their "rule" denying permits to law-abiding people.
I don't see how SCOTUS will ever let this state law stand as is.
My state doesn't require training or a permit for concealed or open carry. Wild West shit.
What state, and what is the murder rate by gun?
Why not create gun laws that mirror drug laws? Drug laws have been so successful there is no way in hell a person can go out and buy drugs.
LOL!
I was thinking maybe like immigration laws that can just be ignored, and even rewards for breaking the law!
Some think we should allow anyone who can get here to stay here, maybe we should allow anyone who can get a gun to be able to carry it!
If guns could vote i think we’d see a completely new attitude on guns.
This liberal only owns 8 guns.
Oops, forgot a few. Including collector guns that I never or rarely shoot, it's 19.
Is that why you choose to live in your "Wild West" state?
Well good for you!
This liberal owns 10+ guns which includes all my late husband and my late son's guns plus my own, plus a Wakizashi and a Katana, not the "fake" kind either.
Some good people claim that gun ownership is a substitute for manhood.
For some men that might be true depending on their personality.
One of the last gifts my late husband bought me was my own gun so I could protect myself since he knew he was dying from pancreatic cancer.
I was born and raised here. Lots of life-long friends and family about.
We were all shooting and hunting before we were teens.
We now buy/build 1000 yard guns and attempt to impress each other.
Which state?
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