New Jersey Keeps Enforcing Its Rifle and Magazine Bans and Asks the Supreme Court to Park Its Appeal Behind Viramontes– www.usacarry.com

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 near-impossible to retrieve.
• The Third Circuit acknowledged it stood alone, as the First, Second, Fourth, Seventh, Ninth, and D.C. Circuits have upheld similar laws.