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 ā€œassault firearmsā€ and its restriction on ā€œlarge capacity ammunition magazinesā€ were unconstitutional.

New Jersey’s attorney general, Jennifer Davenport, a Democrat whose office defended the law, told the Associated Press that the decision is ā€œas unfortunate as it is legally incorrectā€.

ā€œGotta maximize the body count of school childrenā€

-These judges, probably

  • possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    12 days ago

    I’m so sick and fucking tired of you gun grabbing liberals who are high on hopium acting like a weapon ban isn’t going to be disproportionately enforced on minorities and anyone left of center. The fascists aren’t going to give up their weapons, say it again, the fascists are not going to give up their weapons. So sure, keep the fascists armed, keep the fucking cops armed, and keep the fucking secret police armed- those same people that are already killing anyone they disagree with. Great plan.