ANJRPC Files Lawsuit To Open Gun Ranges

[Jim_]

I just found out about it. I don't see that it was mentioned here. It was filed this past Tuesday.

I've been going to shooting ranges with my kids all of their lives. The Cherry Ridge range is a family get together for us.  The shooting sports is good, clean family fun. I want this place open already.

From ANJRPC'S WEBSITE ...

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ANJRPC Prepared to Go to U.S. Supreme Court
Murphy Admits 2A Shutdown is not about Coronavirus

May 12, 2020.Today, ANJRPC filed a federal lawsuit to force the State of New Jersey to reopen outdoor ranges, which have been shut down since a March 21 executive order by Governor Murphy.

 

Now that Murphy has allowed the reopening of parks, golf courses, and tennis courts – outdoor facilities that are purely recreational and do not facilitate any Constitutionally protected activity – he can no longer pretend to have any legal argument for blocking the Second Amendment right of citizens to build and maintain firearms proficiency at outdoor ranges.

 

A copy of the complaint in the lawsuit can be viewed by clicking here.

 

Gov. Murphy’s March 21 executive order shut down all ranges and gun stores, supposedly due to concerns over the Coronavirus pandemic.ANJRPC thereafter immediately sued to reopen gun stores and Murphy backed down on that issue before a court could force his hand.But ranges remained shuttered, and ANJRPC exercised extreme self-restraint and waited for the right moment to bring a range case – and that moment has now arrived as Murphy has reopened non-essential outdoor activities that are not constitutionally protected.

 

ANJRPC also plans to sue regardingindoorranges, but only after a similar period of disciplined waiting for the right conditions where legal odds are enhanced.Bringing an indoor range claim at the wrong time could have disastrous consequences under the current pandemic conditions.

 

ANJRPC is prepared to take this new case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary.The Second Amendment was designed preciselyforthe kind of emergency America now faces, to ensure that law-abiding citizens would be able not only to own firearms, but to train with them to develop and maintain proficiency to provide for their own safety if necessary. The idea that a single public official can simply turn gun rights off is absurd on its face.

 

What’s more, Governor Murphy’s overt hatred for the Second Amendment is laid bare in his executive order, which ironically declares that non-vital retailers like liquor stores, marijuana dispensaries, and cell phone stores are “essential” and therefore can stay open, while ranges are not “essential” and must close.

 

Governor Murphy has even admitted that his assault on the Second Amendment was motivated by his hatred of guns, not by safety concerns about Coronavirus.When recently asked by a reporter why he didn’t deem Second Amendment facilities to be “essential,” he stated “a safer society for my taste has fewer guns and not more guns.”He said nothing about Coronavirus, which is apparently just his pretext for shutting down the Second Amendment.

 

Please watch for further updates on this developing new case.If desired, you can donate here to the case.

 

Edited May 17, 2020 by Jim_

[cantw82start]

Saw that the other day, hopefully it gets things moving.  We now have golf ranges, tennis courts and even charter boats back open, outdoor ranges should have never been closed.

[RPK0620]

The SOB has a vehement hatred for those who support the 2nd Amendment and doesn't care if they or anyone else is offended and he will force his views and agenda until he is backed into a corner.

[smittty]

Yup he knows he is wrong and will lose in court. That being said I’m sure his lawyers will advise him to reopen next week and he will cause he can’t afford not to