NJ ‘Sensitive Places’ Gun Ruling Scrapped by Third Circuit (1)

The Third Circuit has ordered a rehearing of a panel decision that largely upheld New Jersey’s ban on firearms in “sensitive places.”

The appeals court’s decision on Thursday to reconsider the constitutional challenges to the law vacates a ruling that preserved state restrictions on guns in locations from casinos and hospitals to public transit and entertainment venues. The one-paragraph order provided no reasoning, but said that “a majority of the judges” voted to rehear the case.

Firearm litigators saw the September panel ruling in this case as an indication that federal circuits were coalescing around allowing states to brand many ...