It appears that New Jersey municipalities are saying “enough.” In 2022, a permit-to-carry application in the state skyrocketed to $200 plus other costs. One by one, towns are voting to rebate the $150 portion of that fee back to the applicants in solid support of Second Amendment rights.
New Jersey-based gun shop, Butch’s Gun World, just reached a settlement with the NJ Attorney General even though they committed no crime and violated no law. The terms of the settlement have the potential to become compulsory for other gun shops throughout the state, lest they be sued for otherwise lawful behavior.
New Jersey’s Attorney General, Matthew Platkin, is suing a Texas-based company for not doing “enough” to warn NJ-based buyers that bump stocks are not legal in the Garden State.
The latest, amidst an endless stream of lawsuits against New Jersey, is that Firearms Policy Coalition has sued the state over its arbitrary and unconstitutional law banning possession of so-called “short-barreled rifles.”
The New Jersey Firearm Owners Syndicate, along with several prominent gun rights groups and private citizens, are taking the state of New Jersey to court over its unconstitutional ban on suppressors.
In what seems to be a growing trend of New Jersey towns voting to respect New Jersey gun owners’ rights, a couple of more towns just opted in.
Based on historical data, as well as the experience of one of our readers, the Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, firearms permitting officer seems to be sitting on permits until just before the statutory time limit for issuance runs out.
Franklin Borough, located in Sussex County, New Jersey, becomes the second in the state, and likely second in the nation, to pass an important measure refunding applicants’ concealed carry permitting fees.
A package of eight gun control bills, seven of which passed the Assembly in March, is set for a vote in the New Jersey Senate Law & Public Safety Committee on June 19. In a state known for strict gun laws, these bills could advance to the full Senate, with some potentially reaching the governor’s desk if approved without amendments.
In what may possibly be a first in the nation, and definitely a first in New Jersey, the mayor of Englishtown passed a resolution to refund 75% of the statutorily required fees for carry permits to the applicants.
New Jersey Attorney General, Matthew Platkin, along with attorneys general of 15 other states, announced a lawsuit to attempt to prevent the ATF from returning confiscated and surrendered FRTs to their rightful owners.
Following the Third Circuit’s ruling affirming the right of 18-to-20-year-olds to carry firearms, the New Jersey Firearm Owners Syndicate and the Second Amendment Foundation joined forces to compel New Jersey to respect the Second Amendment rights of young adults.
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