Federal Court Confirms New Jersey Firearms Law Limits High-Capacity Magazines

PHILADELPHIA – A divided US court of appeal upheld the New Jersey law restricting the amount of ammunition that only one store of 39, firearms may contain.

A law passed this year limits most firearms owners to magazines with 10 rounds of ammunition instead of the 15-cartridge limit in effect since 1990.

US Circuit Judge Patty Shwartz wrote that the law balances the state's interest in public safety and the right of individuals to defend their homes. Wednesday's decision 2-1 denied the petition of a gun rights group seeking a temporary injunction preventing the law from taking effect.

New Jersey officials hope the ban on high-capacity magazines could defeat the big shooters should they stop doing it. recharge.

Shwartz stated that affiliates of the National Rifle Association challenged the law, thereby downplaying "the significant increase in the frequency and lethality" of mass shooting and active shooting situations. She added that the state's efforts did not violate the second amendment because "they impose no limit on the number of firearms or shippers, nor on the number of ammunition that". a person can legally own ".

Judge Stephanos Bibas, dissenting, pointed out that By reviewing the evidence, the law will reduce gun violence

The law is one of six firearms control measures signed by the Democratic governor Phil Murphy in June. In a tweet on Wednesday, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal called the decision "a great victory for public safety and security of law enforcement."

The Association of Rifle and Gun Clubs of New Jersey, which has pledged to appeal, said the Americans 133 magazines may contain more than 10 bullets, about half of all sales. The executive director, Scott L. Bach, called the judgment "totally false" and said he "turned a million honest citizens into criminals" for taking steps to defend their homes.