N.J.'s ban on large magazines is constitutional, court rules. (Read 1324 times)

punaperson

Just for fun, let's extend the court's "logic". and let's guess how many years it will take the legislature to achieve the reductio ad absurdum: "To illustrate, a citizen who owns a gun, 30 rounds of ammunition, and two 15-round magazines prior to the (new law's) enactment will be permitted to retain his gun, ammunition, and thirty 1-round magazines." Makes perfect sense to me. I don't see any infringement there at all. Same gun, same number of "bullets"... it's exactly the same thing!

N.J.'s ban on large magazines is constitutional, court rules. Gun groups vow to appeal.

https://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/10/court_sides_with_nj_on_gun_control_measure_15-roun.html

A federal court has dealt a blow to gun rights groups by ruling Gov. Phil Murphy's ban on 15-round magazines doesn't violate the Constitution.

The group that challenged the 10-round magazine limit on firearms in the state already filed their appeal Monday night and vowed to fight the law to the Supreme Court.

The state argued the new law could mitigate death tolls in mass shootings.

The U.S. District Court, in a ruling handed down late Friday, said New Jersey's law doesn't "prevent ownership of any type of gun and does not restrict the quantity of ammunition a gun owner may possess." Rather, it "merely restricts the quantity of bullets a magazine may hold."

The decision continues: "To illustrate, a citizen who owns a gun, 30 rounds of ammunition, and two 15-round magazines prior to the (new law's) enactment will be permitted to retain his gun, ammunition, and three 10-round magazines."

rklapp

Re: N.J.'s ban on large magazines is constitutional, court rules.
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2018, 05:54:00 PM »
My understanding from YvH is that Hawaii was not able to show an alternative to open carry in that they've only ever given four CCW permits (among other reasons). My guess is that NJ is saying that the 10-round mags are a viable alternative (no matter how ludicrous). Yes, NJ sucks and so do gun laws...
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