Ruling comes as supreme court is set to consider whether bans on semiautomatic rifles violate US constitution

Friday’s appeals court ruling in the New Jersey case goes further than a July 2024 ruling from a federal judge, who said that the state’s ban on AR-15s specifically was unconstitutional but upheld the provision barring larger magazines.

The third US circuit court of appeals said on Friday in its opinion that the state’s ban on all semiautomatic rifles it deems to be “assault firearms” and its restriction on “large capacity ammunition magazines” were unconstitutional.

New Jersey’s attorney general, Jennifer Davenport, a Democrat whose office defended the law, told the Associated Press that the decision is “as unfortunate as it is legally incorrect”.

“Gotta maximize the body count of school children”

-These judges, probably

  • thermal_shockEnglish
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    2 days ago

    You’re gonna cry about having to register a firearm too, so why stop there. Just ban it, then compromise on registration at minimum.

    I own a handgun, I’m not against them. I am against how easy it is to get them. I bought one at a metro stop for cash, no paperwork, 100% legal in my state.