2nd Amendment Advocates Win Major Challenge to NJ’s Strict Concealed Carry Law

2nd Amendment Advocates Win Major Challenge to NJ’s Strict Concealed Carry Law
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy gives a victory speech to supporters at Grand Arcade at the Pavilion in Asbury Park, N.J., on Nov. 3, 2021. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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A Second Amendment group won a preliminary injunction on May 16 against parts of a New Jersey gun control law that restricts the ability of those with a concealed weapon permit to actually carry firearms in public.

The state immediately filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit of the new ruling in Koons v. Platkin, court file 22-7464, which was decided in the U.S. District Court for New Jersey. Parts of the law, which was backed by New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, were already blocked by various courts.