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New Jersey Keeps Enforcing Its Rifle and Magazine Bans and Asks the Supreme Court to Park Its Appeal Behind Viramontes
Key Takeaways
New Jersey filed a Supreme Court petition on October 1, 2026, asking the justices to hold Davenport v. ANJRPC pending decisions in Viramontes and Grant.
New Jersey's rifle and magazine bans remain in effect under a Third Circuit stay granted August 4, 2026, while the case proceeds.
The full Third Circuit voted 10-5 on July 17, 2026, ruling that semiautomatic rifles and magazines over ten rounds are arms in common use that cannot be banned.
New Jersey warned that denying the petition now would cause a flood of currently restricted weapons entering the state that are…
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