A federal judge in New Jersey has blocked portions of a newly implemented gun control law, saying it might cause “considerable Constitutional problems.”
On Monday, U.S. District Judge Renée Marie Bumb issued a temporary restraining order (pdf) on behalf of three individuals and four gun rights organizations regarding a law recently enacted by the New Jersey Legislature. The law—sponsored by New Jersey Senate President Nicholas Scutari and state Sen. Linda Greenstein, both Democrats—implements a third-degree felony classification for those who “knowingly carry a firearm” into “sensitive places,” such as libraries, museums, restaurants, theaters, stadiums, race tracks, and on “any private property,” unless the owner “has provided express consent or has posted a sign indicating it is permissible” to carry a concealed gun or any “destructive devices.”
