Ok, i’ll keep it in the car then.
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You can have an AR, but you have to keep it locked up, unloaded, and ammo stored separately?
“Should be” an easy court smash down as LoPorto states…
Another interview with LoPorto on Jay Costa’s youtube last night - I quickly scrubbed through it, didn’t see anything new:
Latest update from ANJRPC litigation tracker:
July 22, 2026: the New Jersey State Police Firearms Dealer Investigation Unit notified FFL holders — and NJ Attorney General Jennifer Davenport’s office corroborated in a statement — that ‘the Third Circuit’s decision in ANJRPC v. Platkin … is effective July 31, 2026,’ with the AG’s office ‘currently working on guidance to inform both the law enforcement community and the public about the effect of the decision.’ The July 31 date’s procedural basis was not explained (issuance of the mandate/order versus another maneuver), and as of July 22 no stay motion, rehearing petition, or certiorari petition had been docketed. Until official guidance and the effective date arrive, NJSP advised that residents, dealers, and gun owners should not treat the email as permission to disregard the existing statutes; dealers such as Middlebrook Firearms publicly stated they will keep complying with current AWB and 10-round magazine restrictions until July 31. Bottom line: the AWB and 10-round magazine limit remain enforceable at least through July 30, 2026, with the ruling set to take effect July 31 absent a stay or further-review development.
For anybody that thinks that the July 31st date has any meaning, I wrote this on a facebook post yesterday, but it applies just as much on this thread:
How does this work then?
Is it OK to keep enforcing an unconstitutional law after you have discovered that it is unconstitutional?
It was unconstitutional on Friday last week. The law didn’t change and the Constitution didn’t change.
That means the law was unconstitutional last Thursday. It was unconstitutional on Monday. It will be unconstitutional tomorrow, July 30th, July 31st and August 1st.
It was unconstitutional in 1990 the moment it was signed into law.
For the State to keep infringing after it has been told unequivocally that their law is invalid is bullshit.
If the AG is telling cops to arrest people for having rifles and/or magazines that have never lawfully been prohibited, those cops should be arresting the AG for treason.
The only thing that changed is the State of NJ was told they have been wrong forever in a way that they can no longer ignore.
No law has changed, only the perception that the law was valid. It was never valid, but TPTB refused to acknowledge that.
Anybody that was prosecuted under the statutes that were utter bullshit from the day they were signed into law, should have those convictions expunged automatically at no cost to the individual.
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If I went to the trouble of parking mags in PA why would I limit the collection of them to 15 rounds?
There’s a pragmatic difference between being “legally right” and “avoiding prosecution”.
You can be “legally right” and still get very damaged just by getting caught up in the gears of the criminal justice system, even if you are vindicated at the end.
There is still a chance that NJ obtains a stay on this judgement - if that happens, the laws are still in effect, regardless of the 3rd circuit’s judgement, and you can still get very hurt if you are prosecuted for disobeying them.
Ahh, because that’s what we had prior to the 2018 ruling?
Anybody who continues to prosecute after the law is found to be unconstitutional should lose their qualified immunity and go to jail.
Regular folk don’t get to walk because they don’t know the law. Prosecutors should get the same treatment. The Constitution is the supreme law of the land. It is also not very long, compared to all the other BS laws on the books, and it doesn’t keep changing like many of the other laws on the books.
A stay is just a court trying to duck responsibility for a decision that it was their job to make. The assault rifle and magazine bans are unconstitutional and always were. We have been telling NJ that for years, and finally they have been told by an authority they cannot ignore. This ruling is sound and has a very well written explanation of how the decision was justified citing precedents from SCOTUS. I don’t see a stay being issued. There is no evidence that a stay is even being requested. When the AG and NJSP say they are going to allow the decision to become effective in July 31st, it is a very strong hint that there will not be any request for a stay.
The AG and NJSP have no power to decide when an unconstitutional statute becomes unenforceable. It was never enforceable. Any enforcement that was ever done was a gross error and contrary to each official’s oath to uphold the Constitution. Qualified immunity protects the officials while there is a reasonable belief that their actions were lawful, i.e. a court said they were albeit incorrectly. That reasonable belief went away on July 17th, 2026.
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Once you make me open up a shelter for mags over 10 rounds, I’m not limiting myself to 10 rounds anymore. I don’t see why anyone would unless you never went and visited your magazines to take them out and use them.
They absolutely do have the power to make your life suck. I’d like to avoid that, as strongly as I feel about constitutionality.
Mr. Stu hit the nail on the head.
The only ‘guidance’ the NJAG needs is that the law was unconstitutional, and as such, is not enforceable.
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AG is now saying August 7th.
“We have until July 31, 2026 to petition the court for rehearing, and then seven days later on August 7, 2026 is the (sic) when the decision is effective,” a spokesperson for the attorney general said. “This is pursuant to Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure 40 and 41.”
Rule 40 pertains to the timeline a party may seek a “panel rehearing, a petition for rehearing en banc, or both.” It’s noteworthy that the combined cases were already heard en banc.
“Unless the time is shortened or extended by order or local rule, any petition for panel rehearing or rehearing en banc must be filed within 14 days after judgment is entered-or, if the panel later amends its decision (on rehearing or otherwise), within 14 days after the amended decision is entered.” the rule says.
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Assuming they don’t move for a stay.
Regardless, new time tracker:
Whatever NJ does, they will wait until the last possible second, literally, so they can drag it out as long as possible.
Of course - they need to somehow make up reasons to keep us infringed.
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