Rifle Group Loses Challenge to New Jersey’s Gun-Buying Law
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A U.S. court of appeals upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs challenging a state statute that limits purchases of handguns to one a month.
The non-profit group sued the state in 2010 arguing that federal law barred the restrictions imposed on pellet-firing air guns and BB guns as part of a 2009 statute. The U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia disagreed and upheld a lower court’s dismissal of the case.