NRA, NJ Resident Team Up To Kill State’s Carry Restrictions

By Tom Knighton

I hadn’t been writing for Bearing Arms long when a reader reached out to me about a story I wrote. During our discussion, he lamented the state of his affairs in New Jersey. He was jealous of me living in a Shall Issue state, and I can’t say that I blame him.

However, a team up in the Garden State may change fortunes for all gun owners there.

A Wall man, a statewide association of gun clubs and the National Rifle Association are taking on New Jersey’s gun laws, asking a federal court to throw out the state’s restrictions on carrying handguns in a case they hope will reach the U.S. Supreme Court.

Thomas R. Rogers, described as a Wall businessman who services ATM machines in high-crime areas, and the Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs Inc. filed a federal lawsuit Monday seeking to have what they said were New Jersey’s “draconian” gun restrictions declared unconstitutional.

The lawsuit, supported by the NRA, asserts that New Jersey’s restrictions on carrying guns violate the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.

New Jersey’s law limits the right to carry firearms outside the home to those individuals who can show they have …Read the Rest

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