Murphy and Platkin had better get used to losing. A recently enacted law, designed to allow the State to circumvent PLCAA and bankrupt the gun industry, just had a Preliminary Injunction issued against it. Allowing these kinds of lawsuits would almost certainly make firearms more difficult to obtain and much more expensive. The icing on the cake here is that the federal judge is a Biden appointee.
Its only January and the victories keep rolling in. 2023 is going to be a good year for the 2nd Amendment in New Jersey. Today’s TRO in the Siegel v. Platkin case expands upon the original Carry Killer TRO issued in the Koons v. Reynolds case a short time ago. This train’s next stop will be the preliminary injunction phase which may result in even further invalidation of the new law.
In a disappointing bit of news, the US Supreme Court denied certiorari in the case of Greco v. Platkin, which challenges New Jersey’s so-called Red Flag laws. Despite all parties agreeing that the law is unconstitutional, the inferior courts have also dismissed the case. New Jerseyans will need to stay on their neighbors’ good sides for the time being.
The consolidation hearing for the Koons v. Reynolds and Siegel v. Platkin cases seems to provide numerous insights on the future of New Jersey’s Carry Killer law. It’s a little too early to count our chickens but the history, text, and tradition of the 2nd Amendment seem to be on our side. The US Supreme Court has spoken.
Reason to celebrate! The two major lawsuits challenging New Jersey’s misguided, if not malicious, Carry Killer law have been consolidated into the court of Federal Judge Bumb. Judge Bumb is the same judge that issued the initial TRO in the Koons v. Reynolds case just a few days ago. This is very good news.
In a sign of good things to come, Federal Judge Bumb issued a TRO blocking the State’s enforcement of vast swaths of the newly enacted Carry Killer law. This TRO lets permit holders carry their firearms in public for self-defense to a majority of places they might go on a daily basis.
As expected, in today’s TRO hearing in the case of Koons v. Reynolds, the state was unprepared defend the constitutionality of the new Carry Killer law that makes a carry permit useless anywhere except on the permit holder’s own property.
New Jersey has long included law-abiding gun owners with criminals when fighting to pass laws under the guise of public safety. They consider us incompetent to defend ourselves or handle firearms.
Today, Governor Murphy signed one of the most egregious, harmful, and unconstitutional bills of all time into law. Lawsuits were filed by multiple pro-2A groups within minutes of this garbage being signed into law.
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