# ANJRPC v. Platkin - Assault Weapons Ban - 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals **URL:** \ **Category:** NJ & Federal Gun Laws and Activism\ **Tags:** nj-gun-law\ **Created:** [June 10, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/anjrpc-v-platkin-assault-weapons-ban-3rd-circuit-court-of-appeals/2361 "2025-06-10T18:56:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![MattLutz](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/mattlutz/32/222_2.png) [@MattLutz](https://njgunforums.net/u/MattLutz)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/anjrpc-v-platkin-assault-weapons-ban-3rd-circuit-court-of-appeals/2361/123 "2026-06-03T18:13:58Z")
Ok. I keep seeing that a ruling is “anticipated” by June 30th. Wondering what makes them so confident so as for it to be anticipated. ---
**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, 6:37pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/anjrpc-v-platkin-assault-weapons-ban-3rd-circuit-court-of-appeals/2361/124 "2026-06-03T18:37:01Z")
I googled the Calanders for the next 100 years just to confirm a suspicion of mine and found a June 30th in each one. ---
**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, 7:45pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/anjrpc-v-platkin-assault-weapons-ban-3rd-circuit-court-of-appeals/2361/125 "2026-06-03T19:45:42Z")
**Thomas’s sharp dissent:** Justice Thomas criticized the Court for intervening in a minor procedural issue for a convicted murderer while _ **declining to address more significant cases involving law-abiding citizens.** _ the above is from some website I was reading but kind of tells us why our stuff is always last. ---
**Author:** ![DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/dirtydigz/32/2609_2.png) [@DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/u/DirtyDigz)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2026, 7:44pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/anjrpc-v-platkin-assault-weapons-ban-3rd-circuit-court-of-appeals/2361/126 "2026-06-26T19:44:11Z")
![image](https://njgunforums.net/uploads/default/original/2X/f/fdb5a1996b4ed2962508c2de052d027448bd4a0a.jpeg) ![HLwwiFxWQAAE7nv](https://njgunforums.net/uploads/default/original/2X/b/b4beee22636ab3e8eb1f54a574b87e0e1159c4f9.png) ![HLwwkjsWwAAzhvJ](https://njgunforums.net/uploads/default/original/2X/3/37365c9a4e2639737a140b895cd41adb58831841.png) ---
**Author:** ![Revenger](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/revenger/32/773_2.png) [@Revenger](https://njgunforums.net/u/Revenger)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 12:30pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/anjrpc-v-platkin-assault-weapons-ban-3rd-circuit-court-of-appeals/2361/127 "2026-06-30T12:30:29Z")
was this case about the way NJ lists guns on a roster as assault weapons as well as AR-15s ---
**Author:** ![DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/dirtydigz/32/2609_2.png) [@DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/u/DirtyDigz)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/anjrpc-v-platkin-assault-weapons-ban-3rd-circuit-court-of-appeals/2361/128 "2026-07-07T16:44:48Z")
![image](https://njgunforums.net/uploads/default/original/2X/8/8db4a4811ddcbb79a1ed260d1a26c26c261c7397.png) ![image](https://njgunforums.net/uploads/default/original/2X/8/8d78f043cba9f4aebbd29d887bb9b73a3300e6b6.png) ---
**Author:** ![xtors](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/xtors/32/744_2.png) [@xtors](https://njgunforums.net/u/xtors)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/anjrpc-v-platkin-assault-weapons-ban-3rd-circuit-court-of-appeals/2361/129 "2026-07-07T17:47:36Z")
I really hope we don’t get a stay here. ---
**Author:** ![Revenger](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/revenger/32/773_2.png) [@Revenger](https://njgunforums.net/u/Revenger)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/anjrpc-v-platkin-assault-weapons-ban-3rd-circuit-court-of-appeals/2361/130 "2026-07-07T19:11:39Z")
I am completely lost at this point on these lawsuits ---
**Author:** ![RAZ-0](https://njgunforums.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@RAZ-0](https://njgunforums.net/u/RAZ-0)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 7:24pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/anjrpc-v-platkin-assault-weapons-ban-3rd-circuit-court-of-appeals/2361/131 "2026-07-07T19:24:34Z")
What are you lost on? Granted there are a lot to keep track of, but this is the consolidated AWB and mag limit case. Arguments have been heard, and we’ve been waiting on a ruling. Speculation is that they were waiting on decisions so any precedent in them could be included in their ruling. They are currently extending that opportunity to counsel now with a limited time frame to do it. Our side will get to say I told you so. Their side might want to alter some of their arguments based on BS lower court shenanigans that did not abide by SCOTUS precedent and just got reprimanded in the recent rulings. Neither Wolford or Hemani is related in detail to this case, but significant things were said about how the 2a is applied and how certain approaches by lower courts are NOT how they said they need to execute their standard of analysis. ---
**Author:** ![Revenger](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/revenger/32/773_2.png) [@Revenger](https://njgunforums.net/u/Revenger)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 9:38pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/anjrpc-v-platkin-assault-weapons-ban-3rd-circuit-court-of-appeals/2361/132 "2026-07-07T21:38:17Z")
Mark Smith just explained it pretty good, he thinks December ---
**Author:** ![DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/dirtydigz/32/2609_2.png) [@DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/u/DirtyDigz)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 12:10pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/anjrpc-v-platkin-assault-weapons-ban-3rd-circuit-court-of-appeals/2361/133 "2026-07-08T12:10:36Z")
> **[En banc Third Circuit invites Cheeseman parties to brief in light of Wolford -...](https://www.news2a.com/national/second-amendment-highlights-from-around-the-country-week-of-july-6/#en-banc-third-circuit-invites-cheeseman-parties-to-brief-in-light-of-wolford)** > > WASHINGTON — A July 6 post by the ATF proposed some new record-retention rules addressing the duration of the retention period. The underlying tension from the perspective of the gun-owner’s community is the ATF’s ability to access records during a... ---
**Author:** ![RAZ-0](https://njgunforums.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@RAZ-0](https://njgunforums.net/u/RAZ-0)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/anjrpc-v-platkin-assault-weapons-ban-3rd-circuit-court-of-appeals/2361/134 "2026-07-09T14:21:58Z")
He did not. He said that it is likely SCOTUS oral arguments will happen in December. He said he thinks platkin will be “within the next month” which when he posted it would be by early August. ---
**Author:** ![DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/dirtydigz/32/2609_2.png) [@DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/u/DirtyDigz)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/anjrpc-v-platkin-assault-weapons-ban-3rd-circuit-court-of-appeals/2361/135 "2026-07-10T16:59:04Z")
Supplemental briefs filed: ECF FILER: ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF on behalf of Appellees Ass’n of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs Inc., Blake Ellman, Thomas R. Rogers and Marc Weinberg in 24-2415, 24-2450, Appellants Ass’n of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs Inc., Blake Ellman, Thomas R. Rogers and Marc Weinberg in 24-2506. Certificate of Service dated 07/10/2026 by ECF. [24-2415, 24-2450, 24-2506] (EEM) > **[gov.uscourts.ca3.123103.122.0.pdf](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca3.123103/gov.uscourts.ca3.123103.122.0.pdf)** > > 219.14 KB * * * ECF FILER: ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF on behalf of Appellants Mark Cheeseman, Timothy Connelly and Firearms Policy Coalition Inc in 24-2415, Appellees Mark Cheeseman, Timothy Connelly and Firearms Policy Coalition Inc in 24-2450, 24-2506. Certificate of Service dated 07/10/2026 by ECF. [24-2415, 24-2450, 24-2506] (DHT) > **[gov.uscourts.ca3.123103.124.0.pdf](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca3.123103/gov.uscourts.ca3.123103.124.0.pdf)** > > 195.48 KB * * * ECF FILER: ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF on behalf of Appellees Attorney General New Jersey, Bradley D. Billhimer, Christine A. Hoffman and Superintendent New Jersey State Police in 24-2415, 24-2506, Appellants Attorney General New Jersey, Bradley D. Billhimer, Christine A. Hoffman and Superintendent New Jersey State Police in 24-2450. Certificate of Service dated 07/10/2026 by ECF. [24-2415, 24-2506, 24-2450] (JF) > **[gov.uscourts.ca3.123103.123.0.pdf](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca3.123103/gov.uscourts.ca3.123103.123.0.pdf)** > > 159.47 KB ---
**Author:** ![DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/dirtydigz/32/2609_2.png) [@DirtyDigz](https://njgunforums.net/u/DirtyDigz)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/anjrpc-v-platkin-assault-weapons-ban-3rd-circuit-court-of-appeals/2361/136 "2026-07-10T17:00:03Z")
![image](https://njgunforums.net/uploads/default/original/2X/0/07cb711e2aed94212f6637d577289ae962256c78.png) ---
**Author:** ![njJoniGuy](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/njjoniguy/32/5640_2.png) [@njJoniGuy](https://njgunforums.net/u/njJoniGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 1:41am UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/anjrpc-v-platkin-assault-weapons-ban-3rd-circuit-court-of-appeals/2361/137 "2026-07-11T01:41:25Z")
And in the brief, AG Davenport keeps referring to “unusually dangerous” That’s what the state thinks WE are! Fuggem big time. Then ‘Platner’ them just to show them who’s in charge! ---
**Author:** ![Candyman87](https://njgunforums.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@Candyman87](https://njgunforums.net/u/Candyman87)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/anjrpc-v-platkin-assault-weapons-ban-3rd-circuit-court-of-appeals/2361/138 "2026-07-17T16:54:30Z")
Did we just win Cheeseman? ![image](https://njgunforums.net/uploads/default/original/2X/7/7c49be444a1148b15cb2999b62e27e8c25aea076.png) > **[gov.uscourts.ca3.123103.125.0.pdf](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca3.123103/gov.uscourts.ca3.123103.125.0.pdf)** > > 1775.12 KB ---
**Author:** ![RAZ-0](https://njgunforums.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@RAZ-0](https://njgunforums.net/u/RAZ-0)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 5:14pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/anjrpc-v-platkin-assault-weapons-ban-3rd-circuit-court-of-appeals/2361/139 "2026-07-17T17:14:18Z")
certainly reads as a win. I’m not sure what the remand implies though. ---
**Author:** ![Candyman87](https://njgunforums.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@Candyman87](https://njgunforums.net/u/Candyman87)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/anjrpc-v-platkin-assault-weapons-ban-3rd-circuit-court-of-appeals/2361/140 "2026-07-17T17:21:18Z")
Looking forward to having an actual legal mind read the entire opinion and tell us what it practically means for us. ---
**Author:** ![Displaced\_Texan](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/displaced_texan/32/34_2.png) [@Displaced\_Texan](https://njgunforums.net/u/Displaced_Texan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/anjrpc-v-platkin-assault-weapons-ban-3rd-circuit-court-of-appeals/2361/141 "2026-07-17T17:21:43Z")
> **[Cheeseman v. Platkin - FPC Law 2A Challenge to New Jersey's "Assault Weapons"...](https://www.firearmspolicy.org/cheeseman)** > > Cheeseman v. Platkin - FPC Law 2A Challenge to New Jersey's "Assault Weapons" Ban 3rd Circuit finds NJs AWB UNCONSTITUTIONAL!!! Great win for you guys! ---
**Author:** ![Always\_an\_eagle](https://njgunforums.net/user_avatar/njgunforums.net/always_an_eagle/32/9966_2.png) [@Always\_an\_eagle](https://njgunforums.net/u/Always_an_eagle)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 5:22pm UTC](https://njgunforums.net/t/anjrpc-v-platkin-assault-weapons-ban-3rd-circuit-court-of-appeals/2361/142 "2026-07-17T17:22:55Z")
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