New Jersey state officials convinced the Third Circuit to allow the state’s ban on concealed guns in certain locations to take effect for now after a lower court partially blocked the law last month.
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit granted the officials’ request in part Tuesday after previously agreeing to hold expedited proceedings over the objections of a group of gun owners who challenged the regulations.
Judge Cheryl Ann Krause signed the order temporarily reviving provisions in the law which prohibit concealed carry in “sensitive places,” such as libraries, museums, restaurants, bars, and more. The court declined to stay the preliminary injunction against other elements of the law, such as the liability insurance requirement to publicly carry a firearm.
New Jersey’s state legislature passed the ban after the US Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifles & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen, which held that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to carry a handgun for self-defense outside the home.
State officials appealed the lower court’s preliminary injunction against the law immediately after it was issued May 16.
Cooper & Kirk and David Jensen of Beacon, N.Y., represent the gun owners.
The case is Koons v. Attorney General N.J., 3d Cir., No. 23-01900, 6/20/23.
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