New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal is using “undercover” detectives to entrap firearms retailers and manufacturers – especially those in other states – in the hopes that the exorbitant fees and penalties he will extort from them will force the owners out of business.
The civil complaint authored by Isabella R. Pitt, Deputy Attorney General can be read in full HERE. What gives? Williams points out some interesting stage setting that the OAG does in the complaint, doing a bit of state-trotting that would make for a good country rock song:
None of what Williams uncovered really shocked me. New Jersey is known for being very anti-civil rights and no friend to gun owners. Having a legal representative of the state lean on emotional non-sequiturs in their filing does not surprise me one bit. However, what did really pique my interest was a line taken right out of the complaint. I think It’s important to zoom in on this element, as this is a complaint from the New Jersey Office of Attorney General (read “smart”, “educated”, “learned” etc.). I went to the complaint to extract this information, and the quote Williams provided came directly from the “Preliminary Statement”:
Jersey”) has long banned possession of large capacity ammunition magazines (“LCMs”) — firearm magazines capable of holding more than the standard number of rounds provided by the manufacturer. Williams even comments on this definition: You’ll notice that New Jersey’s LCM definition is flawed on its face.
New Jersey has recently been under some investigation. One of my colleagues over at the Second Amendment Foundation’s (SAF) investigative journalism branch, Lee Williams, reported about a gross misuse of the Office of Attorney General (OAG). In his piece Williams points towards New Jersey attacking a company that is based in Florida ...
The Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs did after all file for certiorari with the high court over what you call high capacity magazines in statute.
The law came into effect in 2018 under the Murphy administration. Prior to the ten round magazine capacity limitation, New Jersey had a 15 round magazine capacity limit. So, what’s the big deal? The big deal is that Attorney General Gurbir Grewal’s office is using fancy wording and footwork in their complaint which does not even come close to represent the laws that are on the books in the Garden State. Is Ms. Pitt just so obtuse and ignorant of the law that this was an oversight? Or are they playing games?
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