Toms River becomes the 13th and largest NJ municipality to rebate the carry permit fee. The movement has now eliminated over $200K in annual fees.
New Jersey issued 88,656 carry permits with no rise in gun violence. Now the state desperately begs the court to avoid an en banc rehearing that could strike down its carry ban in so-called “sensitive places.”
Intervenors for the state of New Jersey desperately ask Third Circuit to reject en banc rehearing of carry ban case. Why? The court now has a pro-Second Amendment majority.
Medford becomes 10th New Jersey town to rebate carry permit fees – but only refunds of the municipal charge.
Readington becomes the ninth New Jersey town to refund carry permit fees. Mayor Mueller says no one should pay a premium for constitutional rights.
Gun rights groups filed for en banc rehearing of the Koons v. Platkin case after a hostile Third Circuit ruling. Full court review has been requested to address constitutional violations.
CCRKBA 2025 Grassroots Activist of the Year, Joe LoPorto, breaks down the recent Koons/Siegel v. Platkin opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
The Koons/Siegel v. Platkin case has been at the Third Circuit since mid-2023. Now in 2025, this appeal only concerns the preliminary injunction, not the case’s merits. This injunction temporarily halts parts of New Jersey’s anti-gun laws. With recent Supreme Court decisions, legal experts anticipate a resolution might be near. Is there an end in sight?
No matter how weak the attempt, the NJ Attorney General, Matthew Platkin, seems relentless in his letter writing to the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. When his office is not busy defending our unconstitutional “sensitive places” laws by citing historical laws deeply rooted in racism, they never miss an opportunity to cite poorly-executed rulings from other notoriously anti-gun circuits.
On October 25, 2023 at 11AM Eastern Time, the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in the now-combined Koons/Siegel v. Platkin. In June of this year, a three-Judge panel of the 3rd Circuit reinstated large portions of the New Jersey carry killer bill that laid out a long list of sensitive places that are off-limits to concealed carry of firearms. The decision was outside of the bounds set forth in the Bruen decision and clearly unconstitutional. Now we have our day in court.
Although we shouldn’t have to “qualify” to exercise a core civil right, the State of NJ has eased the PTC qualifications to a more reasonable level and extended the deadline to December 31, 2023, thanks to the hard work of Dan Schmutter and Scott Bach of ANJRPC, Evan Nappen, and Anthony Colandro (Gun for Hire).
Have a New Jersey PTC? You’re a target now.
If you have a PTC or are planning to get one, this article is for you. The 2nd Amendment is YOUR right and it’s incredibly important to exercise it intelligently and responsibly for myriad reasons.
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