‘The odds of the Supreme Court accepting any particular case are pretty long, but Nappen’s argument is solid, and his client’s circumstances do provide the Court with the opportunity to not only address the problems in New Jersey’s “red flag” law, but the fact that the state is still treating the right to keep and bear arms as if its no right at all.’
The Supreme Court is going to get a chance to weigh in on “red flag” firearm seizure laws thanks to a case out of New Jersey that left a man permanently prohibited from possessing a gun after what was supposed to be a temporary seizing of his firearms for “safekeeping.”
The case, known as P.Z. v. New Jersey, began several years ago when the plaintiff was the subject of a temporary restraining order; an order that was ultimately dismissed. Still, even though the restraining order was no longer in effect, the state refused to return the firearms to their rightful owner. And because the guns weren’t returned to him, “New Jersey “forever bars him from again possessing firearms.”
At issue in the present petition, N.J.S.A. § 2C:58- 3c states that “No handgun purchase permit or firearms purchaser identification card shall be issued:
By Cam Edwards