On Tuesday, June 18, the Coalition of New Jersey Firearms Owners(CNJFO), Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners Foundation, along with private plaintiff Christian Benton, filed what will likely be one of the most important Second Amendment lawsuits brought against the state in decades. The case is known as Benton v. Platkin.
The suit was filed in the United States District Court in the District of New Jersey against New Jersey Attorney General, Matthew Platkin, and Phil Olivo, Chief of the Pennsauken Police Department.
The suit challenges many prohibitions, license and permit schemes, exorbitant fees and waiting periods that New Jersey gun owners have faced for decades, making New Jersey one of the hardest states in which to exercise Second Amendment rights.