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
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.
I’m just pointing out that your logic is that making one thing illegal doesn’t work yet you turn around and say making something else illegal will be.
Just like making the mod, making any (all) the parts isn’t all that complex… The most successful guns are simple (and plentiful in whole and parts).
I’m not crying about anything… And it’s basically a free for all here.
No FFL transfer paperwork?
Nope, only from a retailer at the time. Private sales required nothing.