BATON ROUGE, LA – Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and Arizona Attorney
General Mark Brnovich are leading a 24-state coalition defending the Second Amendment
rights of American citizens.
Louisiana, Arizona, Alabama, Alaska,
Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota,
Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming have filed a legal brief at
the United States Supreme Court in NJ Rifle Pistol v Grewal. The states are urging SCOTUS to review New Jersey’s unconstitutional law
limiting magazine capacities.
“New Jersey’s radical anti-gun rights law
criminalizes the mere possession of commonly-used arms even in the home for
self-defense,” said Attorney General Landry. “At a time when crime is rising and our law enforcement officers
are stretched thin, Americans value and rely
upon their Second Amendment rights even
more.”
“All Americans,
especially those facing abusers and assailants, have a God-given right to self-defense,” continued Attorney General Landry. “New Jersey
should not be allowed to invade its own citizens’ constitutional rights, and
the Third Circuit should not imperil the rights of citizens in other states
with its analysis.”
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Rifle Pistol v Grewal was
initially rebuffed by a panel of the Third Circuit in 2018. A review from the
full Court was denied, and the case is now being appealed to the Supreme Court.
Attorney
General Landry and his colleagues are asking
the Supreme Court
to reverse the Third Circuit's misguided decision.
43 states, including Louisiana, permit the
standard, eleven-plus capacity magazines
that New Jersey’s law bans. Ammunition
magazines that hold multiple rounds are standard equipment for many commonly-used handguns
designed for self-defense.
“Law-abiding citizens bearing the affected
magazines with lawful firearms benefit public safety, counter-balance the
threat of illegal gun violence, and help make our streets safer,” concluded
Attorney General Landry. “New Jersey’s law is restrictive, decreases public safety, and
violates the Second Amendment.”