Posted February 6, 2018 1:30 pm by Comments

By Chris Eger

A New Jersey man denied a concealed carry permit by both local police and state courts is taking the matter to federal court. (Photo: Milt Sparks Holsters)
A gun rights group has allied with a man in a legal challenge to the state’s permitting practices after he was turned down for a carry permit because officials said he failed to show a “justifiable need.”
The federal lawsuit, filed Monday by Thomas Rogers and the Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, seeks to take a host of Garden State functionaries to task for their practice of rarely issuing permits to carry a firearm in public for self-defense.
“The core Second Amendment right of armed self-defense is just as important to an ordinary New Jersey citizen when she is traveling through a dangerous neighborhood as it is when she is safe in her home,” said Scott Bach, ANJRPC executive director. “The Supreme Court has said that the States cannot ban people from keeping firearms for self-defense in their homes, and New Jersey’s restrictions on carrying firearms outside the home will meet the same end.”
According to the filing, Rogers meets all the guidelines under New Jersey state law to obtain a permit — but

Source: Guns.com

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