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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Mike Catalini

Appeals court upholds New Jersey's ban on carrying firearms in sensitive places

Guns New Jersey - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a New Jersey law that barred carrying firearms in so-called sensitive places like schools and public gatherings.

The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 139-page opinion, recounted a longstanding history in the United States of prohibiting firearms in certain circumstances and reversed a lower court's opinion that struck part of New Jersey's law.

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