The Third Circuit correctly ruled that New Jersey cannot ban commonly owned semiautomatic rifles and standard-capacity magazines. But with that victory stayed, the Supreme Court’s coming AR-15 decision could determine whether anti-gun courts can continue evading Heller and Bruen.
New Jersey is asking the Third Circuit to keep its unconstitutional bans on commonly owned semiautomatic rifles and standard-capacity magazines in force while the state prepares an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
After the Third Circuit struck down New Jersey’s semi-automatic rifle and magazine bans, Trenton lawmakers turned back to a sweeping firearm-storage mandate. Professor Mark W. Smith explains why the proposal runs directly into the Supreme Court’s ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller.
The Justice Department says the Virgin Islands cannot erase years of alleged Second Amendment abuses by replacing its former may-issue licensing system with Act 9113. A July 29 filing details unauthorized firearm restrictions, licensing delays, warrantless home-inspection demands, and new gun-con...
New Jersey State Police have confirmed the Third Circuit’s ruling striking down the state’s semi-auto rifle and magazine bans takes effect July 31, 2026. Here’s what FFL dealers need to know about the transition.
The DOJ is asking a federal judge to block the U.S. Virgin Islands' new gun and magazine ban, arguing the Third Circuit's Cheeseman decision already settled the constitutional question. Here's what FFL dealers need to know.
The Third Circuit's en banc ruling striking down New Jersey's semi-automatic rifle and magazine bans takes effect July 31, 2026. NJ State Police have notified dealers. Plus: VA injunction lifting, DOJ blocks Virgin Islands ban, and Maryland Glock ban challenged.
The Third Circuit's Cheeseman ruling has triggered three major developments in one week — NJ police tell dealers the ban ends July 31, PSA resumes shipping to Virginia, and DOJ moves to block the Virgin Islands ban. Here's what FFL dealers need to know.
The Justice Department says Act 9113 effectively bans standard-capacity AR-15 rifles and criminalizes common magazines already protected under the Third Circuit’s Cheeseman ruling.
Palmetto State Armory has reopened shipments of affected rifles and standard-capacity magazines to Virginia after the statewide injunction in Santolla v. Katz took effect July 21.