Federal court strikes down New Jersey ban on assault rifles and large-capacity magazines
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49645624
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
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/18/federal-court-strikes-down-new-jersey-gun-lawOpen linkView original on sh.itjust.works
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The decision that really matters is coming in 2027. The Supreme Court has decided to hear two challenges to state assault weapon bans. And with the current makeup of the court you can bet they're going to find that assault weapon bans are categorically unconstitutional.
Good. The last thing we need when there are fascist goons terrorizing the streets is to have blue states taking our guns away.
How many people have pushed back on the goons terrorizing your streets using assault rifles? How many are willing to actually carry weapons against their oppressive leadership?
You live in a fucking dream world. Wake the fuck up.
Sure, disarm yourself during the fascist takeover. What could go wrong? You'll be able to tell your fellow concentration camp inmates fun quips about school shootings.
Where are your second amendment warriors??? WHERE? HUH?
Send the fucking help. Do the fucking thing or shut the fuck up.
Hopefully we can do nuclear weapons next. My neighbor keeps mowing over the property line.
Nobody tell them what the blast radius of a nuke is. I want to see what happens.
Good. I'm tired of all these states that act like rights are only a suggestion.
Obviously we have further to go, but this specific infringement has been at the forefront for a few decades now. It and carry laws have come far lately.