Court refuses to halt pending NJ magazine ban

By Chris Eger

A judge in the matter ruled that, while the magazines are in common use, the new ban places only a “minimal burden” on lawful gun owners. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com)
A U.S. District Judge last week refused to issue an injunction halting enforcement of New Jersey’s new ban on magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds.
Enacted in June by Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy after a multi-year push by state lawmakers, the new law reduces the legal maximum capacity of detachable magazines in the state from 15 to 10 rounds. Second Amendment advocates filed an immediate legal challenge to the ban, set to take effect in December, and last week lost the first round of their fight.
Judge Peter G. Sheridan, a 2006 appointment to the federal bench by President George W. Bush, acknowledged that magazines holding more than ten rounds are in common use and, therefore, entitled to Constitutional protection to a degree, citing the fact that some 133 million such magazines are in circulation. “In sum, based on the record presented, New Jersey’s ban on magazines capable of holding more than ten rounds implicates Second Amendment protections,” said Sheridan.
However, he found that the new law places only a “minimal burden” on

Source: Guns.com