# Aliaj v. Hintze/Fort Lee Police Dept. - Suit against denial of 2A rights due to spousal association **URL:** \ **Category:** NJ & Federal Gun Laws and Activism\ **Created:** [November 3, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/aliaj-v-hintze-fort-lee-police-dept-suit-against-denial-of-2a-rights-due-to-spousal-association/3227 "2025-11-03T20:30:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/dirtydigz/32/2609_2.png) [@DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/u/DirtyDigz)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/aliaj-v-hintze-fort-lee-police-dept-suit-against-denial-of-2a-rights-due-to-spousal-association/3227/1 "2025-11-03T20:30:05Z")
> SAF has filed a new federal lawsuit in New Jersey defending the rights of a lawful gun owner whose firearms were confiscated after police wrongly imputed his spouse’s medical evaluation to him. This case is about one simple principle: Constitutional rights cannot be revoked by association. > **[Aliaj-complaint.pdf](https://saf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Aliaj-complaint.pdf)** > > 212.04 KB > [https://xcancel.com/2AFDN/status/1985421114605277518#m](https://xcancel.com/2AFDN/status/1985421114605277518#m) > **[Suit in New Jersey Attempts to Reclaim Rights of Spouse in Confiscation Case](https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2025/11/03/suit-in-new-jersey-attempts-to-reclaim-rights-of-spouse-in-confiscation-case-n1230468)** > > Lawsuit in NJ seeks to restore firearms rights after wrongful confiscation. > … Earlier this year Aliaj’s wife was tended to at a walk-in medical facility for pregnancy-related health concerns. What was supposed to be medical treatment for Aliaj’s wife during a vulnerable time ended up turning into a nightmare when the facility had her wrongfully and involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital. In a completely inappropriate and unconstitutional move, the Fort Lee Police Department confiscated Aliaj’s firearms and revoked his firearms identification card. Today, Aliaj filed a lawsuit seeking to regain his property. … ---
**Author:** ![DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/dirtydigz/32/2609_2.png) [@DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/u/DirtyDigz)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 10:01am UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/aliaj-v-hintze-fort-lee-police-dept-suit-against-denial-of-2a-rights-due-to-spousal-association/3227/2 "2025-11-04T10:01:18Z")
> **[Gun Rights Groups Sue Fort Lee, New Jersey For Unlawful Firearms Confiscation](https://www.news2a.com/new-jersey/gun-rights-groups-sue-fort-lee-new-jersey-for-unlawful-firearms-confiscation/)** > > NJFOS and SAF sue Fort Lee, NJ for seizing guns without warrant and attempting to permanently disarm law-abiding citizen. ---
**Author:** ![diamondd817](https://njgunforums.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c89c15/32.png) [@diamondd817](https://njgunforums.net/u/diamondd817)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 11:33am UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/aliaj-v-hintze-fort-lee-police-dept-suit-against-denial-of-2a-rights-due-to-spousal-association/3227/3 "2025-11-04T11:33:02Z")
Pretty light on details. I feel there is a lot more to the story. ---
**Author:** ![DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/dirtydigz/32/2609_2.png) [@DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/u/DirtyDigz)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/aliaj-v-hintze-fort-lee-police-dept-suit-against-denial-of-2a-rights-due-to-spousal-association/3227/4 "2025-11-04T12:43:00Z")
> [@diamondd817](#): > > Pretty light on details. I feel there is a lot more to the story. Curious, what additional details do you think are relevant? ---
**Author:** ![DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/dirtydigz/32/2609_2.png) [@DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/u/DirtyDigz)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 11:25pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/aliaj-v-hintze-fort-lee-police-dept-suit-against-denial-of-2a-rights-due-to-spousal-association/3227/5 "2025-11-04T23:25:07Z")
[![](https://njgunforums.net/uploads/default/original/2X/a/aca9d4b794f6bb3906d804f5f1fc29bab262da31.jpeg "SAF, NJFOS Challenge Garden State Gun Grab") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX788wcLxpY) ---
**Author:** ![drjjpdc](https://njgunforums.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@drjjpdc](https://njgunforums.net/u/drjjpdc)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/aliaj-v-hintze-fort-lee-police-dept-suit-against-denial-of-2a-rights-due-to-spousal-association/3227/7 "2025-11-05T15:29:51Z")
What’s next for this poor guy? Take the cars they own because we can’t have a crazy person driving a car, the knives in the kitchen or how about power tools and /or saws. With our new 3rd Circuit I can only hope they take this to court quickly so it can get to our Fed. District court or the 3rd Circuit and make that idiotic law unconstitutional. What’s next for this poor guy? Take the cars they own because we can’t have a crazy person driving a car, the knives in the kitchen or how about power tools and /or saws. With our new 3rd Circuit I can only hope they take this to court quickly so it can get to our Fed. District court or the 3rd Circuit and make that idiotic law unconstitutional! ---
**Author:** ![drjjpdc](https://njgunforums.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@drjjpdc](https://njgunforums.net/u/drjjpdc)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/aliaj-v-hintze-fort-lee-police-dept-suit-against-denial-of-2a-rights-due-to-spousal-association/3227/8 "2025-11-05T15:38:10Z")
Sorry I messed up it’s already in District Court. Weren’t they already favorable in the Cheeseman case? In any case we would probably get a decisive win the 3rd Circuit. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![scorpio64](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/scorpio64/32/6025_2.png) [@scorpio64](https://njgunforums.net/u/scorpio64)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/aliaj-v-hintze-fort-lee-police-dept-suit-against-denial-of-2a-rights-due-to-spousal-association/3227/9 "2025-11-05T16:01:49Z")
I think “disarmed by association” is disingenuous. The problem isn’t association, it is proximity. Just gonna ask a simple question. Should Adam Lanza’s mother been prohibited because of her son’s mental health issues. I ask, because back when it was all hot and fresh, many on the forums said they should never have had guns in the first place, because of the shooter’s mental health history. And, there are two or three others, like the Parkland shooter. The signs were all there, was repeated often. I’m looking for clarity because one day gun owners are saying gun purchases should have been flagged/prohibited because of mental health issues in the house, and the next day it is suppression of rights and guilt by association. I believe in due process and that red flag laws and ERPO are not the solution to most problems. For instance, do you take away guns because someone in the house is on a med to deal with OCD tics, or is having been admitted and treated for bi-polar disorder not a red flag. What about a home with a just regular violent adult child living at parents home who has a history of drug abuse and had been arrested 4 times for armed robbery? Clearly, insane and violent people should not have access to firearms. I think we can all agree on that. So how does a gun owner with a troubled family member safely keep firearms? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Stu](https://njgunforums.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/db5fbb/32.png) [@Mr.Stu](https://njgunforums.net/u/Mr.Stu)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/aliaj-v-hintze-fort-lee-police-dept-suit-against-denial-of-2a-rights-due-to-spousal-association/3227/10 "2025-11-05T16:09:47Z")
> [@scorpio64](#): > > Just gonna ask a simple question. Should Adam Lanza’s mother been prohibited because of her son’s mental health issues. I ask, because back when it was all hot and fresh, many on the forums said they should never have had guns in the first place, because of the shooter’s mental health history. And, there are two or three others, like the Parkland shooter. The signs were all there, was repeated often. In the Lanza case, the mother was in the habit of taking him to the range to shoot. There was no attempt to prevent him having access to firearms. She could not be trusted to keep them away from the prohibited person and she paid with her life. ---
**Author:** ![Revenger](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/revenger/32/773_2.png) [@Revenger](https://njgunforums.net/u/Revenger)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/aliaj-v-hintze-fort-lee-police-dept-suit-against-denial-of-2a-rights-due-to-spousal-association/3227/11 "2025-11-06T16:15:32Z")
listening to “washington gun law” william kirk, this sounds like a clear civil right violation as well as NJ’s own laws. can a Bar complaint be lodged against the bergen county prosecutor as well as any attorney who is pushing this to include bergen county’s anti-gun superior court judge who is more likely than not the one behind all of this? ---
**Author:** ![DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/dirtydigz/32/2609_2.png) [@DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/u/DirtyDigz)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/aliaj-v-hintze-fort-lee-police-dept-suit-against-denial-of-2a-rights-due-to-spousal-association/3227/12 "2025-12-06T15:51:16Z")
FORT LEE IS TRYING TO SETTLE: ![image](https://njgunforums.net/uploads/default/original/2X/6/65509d415ee5b92eb8109f9e6f14344046c4c7bd.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/dirtydigz/32/2609_2.png) [@DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/u/DirtyDigz)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2025, 3:54pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/aliaj-v-hintze-fort-lee-police-dept-suit-against-denial-of-2a-rights-due-to-spousal-association/3227/13 "2025-12-06T15:54:46Z")
![image](https://njgunforums.net/uploads/default/original/2X/7/7aa50e23f48c4db5152baeaed9aefb8d6d50a8fc.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![xtors](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/xtors/32/744_2.png) [@xtors](https://njgunforums.net/u/xtors)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/aliaj-v-hintze-fort-lee-police-dept-suit-against-denial-of-2a-rights-due-to-spousal-association/3227/14 "2025-12-06T16:23:12Z")
They need to file a civil suit. ---
**Author:** ![Revenger](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/revenger/32/773_2.png) [@Revenger](https://njgunforums.net/u/Revenger)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/aliaj-v-hintze-fort-lee-police-dept-suit-against-denial-of-2a-rights-due-to-spousal-association/3227/15 "2025-12-06T22:06:11Z")
This needs to be forwarded to the new firearms civil rights division at the US DOJ, harmeet dhillion. Also need to be sued in their personal capacity since it’s a civil rights violation. Also change venue to sussex county . ---
**Author:** ![DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/dirtydigz/32/2609_2.png) [@DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/u/DirtyDigz)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/aliaj-v-hintze-fort-lee-police-dept-suit-against-denial-of-2a-rights-due-to-spousal-association/3227/16 "2025-12-16T15:50:20Z")
> **[New Jersey Man’s Guns Returned After Lawsuit Filed Over Their Confiscation](https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2025/12/15/new-jersey-mans-guns-returned-after-lawsuit-filed-over-confiscation-n1230913)** > > New Jersey man wins back his firearms after lawsuit against police over wrongful confiscation. ---
**Author:** ![Revenger](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/revenger/32/773_2.png) [@Revenger](https://njgunforums.net/u/Revenger)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/aliaj-v-hintze-fort-lee-police-dept-suit-against-denial-of-2a-rights-due-to-spousal-association/3227/17 "2025-12-16T16:10:22Z")
so it ends with this? can a civil rights suit still be bought. there will still be countless victims from anti-american judges, police chiefs, doctors etc. if these actions have no financial consequences to the aggressors. sue these people individually and the towns as well, they must be crushed ---
**Author:** ![DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/dirtydigz/32/2609_2.png) [@DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/u/DirtyDigz)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/aliaj-v-hintze-fort-lee-police-dept-suit-against-denial-of-2a-rights-due-to-spousal-association/3227/18 "2026-06-03T14:08:08Z")
![image](https://njgunforums.net/uploads/default/original/2X/4/40a113dcff2a0cb18f52b86f327e2039bf8fc60c.jpeg) > **[Aliaj-Amended-Complaint-6.2.26.pdf](https://saf.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Aliaj-Amended-Complaint-6.2.26.pdf)** > > 318.84 KB ---
**Author:** ![Revenger](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/revenger/32/773_2.png) [@Revenger](https://njgunforums.net/u/Revenger)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/aliaj-v-hintze-fort-lee-police-dept-suit-against-denial-of-2a-rights-due-to-spousal-association/3227/19 "2026-06-03T16:29:59Z")
so what level is this at now, superior court, state court, third circuit court. also, someone explain to me why they only sue them in their official capacity? ---
**Author:** ![DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/dirtydigz/32/2609_2.png) [@DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/u/DirtyDigz)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/aliaj-v-hintze-fort-lee-police-dept-suit-against-denial-of-2a-rights-due-to-spousal-association/3227/20 "2026-06-03T16:32:47Z")
> [@Revenger](#): > > so what level is this at now, superior court, state court, third circuit court ![image](https://njgunforums.net/uploads/default/original/2X/c/cc6e1f5d255d319c1a98a91d9fd1336c76e24ad7.png) ---
**Author:** ![DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/dirtydigz/32/2609_2.png) [@DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/u/DirtyDigz)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/aliaj-v-hintze-fort-lee-police-dept-suit-against-denial-of-2a-rights-due-to-spousal-association/3227/21 "2026-06-03T16:36:43Z")
> [@Revenger](#): > > also, someone explain to me why they only sue them in their official capacity? [https://www.naacpldf.org/qualified-immunity/](https://www.naacpldf.org/qualified-immunity/) [Next page](https://njgunforums.net/t/aliaj-v-hintze-fort-lee-police-dept-suit-against-denial-of-2a-rights-due-to-spousal-association/3227.md?page=2)