NJ Drops ‘Justifiable Need’ Requirement for Concealed Carry Following SCOTUS 2A Ruling

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New Jersey’s acting Attorney General Matthew Platkin issued a June 24, 2022, directive to “All Law Enforcement Chief Executives and County Prosecutors.”


Platkin’s directive is titled, “Directive Clarifying Requirements for Carrying of Firearms in Public.”

The directive says:

Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision that impacts New Jersey’s permitting law but does not eliminate our overall permitting requirements. Under current New Jersey law, an individual can obtain a carry permit only if they can demonstrate to the reviewing officer that the applicant satisfies mandatory statutory requirements: (1) is “not subject to any of the disabilities which would prevent him or her from obtaining a permit to purchase a handgun or a firearms purchaser identification card,” (2) is “thoroughly familiar with the safe handling and use of handguns,” and (3) “[h]as demonstrated a justifiable need to carry a handgun.”…The decision in N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Assoc. v. Bruen prevents us from continuing to require a demonstration of justifiable need in order to carry a firearm, but it does not prevent us from enforcing the other requirements in our law.

In the section on reviewing concealed carry permit applications, Platkin’s directive says:

In reviewing an individual’s application for a permit to carry, the applicable law enforcement agency shall continue to ensure that the applicant satisfies all of the criteria of N.J.S.A. 2C:58-4d and N.J.A.C. 13:54-2.4, except that the applicant need not submit a written certification of justifiable need to carry a handgun.

Platkin’s directive ends, “This Directive shall take effect immediately and remain in force and effect unless and until it is repealed, amended, or superseded by Order of the Attorney General.”


Breitbart News reported that SCOTUS’s ruling in NYSRPA v. Bruen struck down New York’s proper cause requirement for concealed carry permit issuance.

In the majority opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote, “We too agree, and now hold, consistent with Heller and McDonald, that the Second and Fourteenth Amendments protect an individual’s right to carry a handgun for self-defense outside the home.”

NJ Drops 'Justifiable Need' Requirement for Concealed Carry

Acting AG of New Jersey, Matthew Platkin, issued a June 24, 2022, directive to "All Law Enforcement Chief Executives and County Prosecutors."

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[Palladin]

Good

 

[Mesatchornug]

So now, what's the process for a non-resident?

 

[Asaltweapon]

So now, what's the process for a non-resident?

I’d like to think a license issued in another state is recognized but I stayed in a Hyatt Friday night, not a Holiday Inn Express.

 

[Mesatchornug]

I’d like to think a license issued in another state is recognized but I stayed in a Hyatt Friday night, not a Holiday Inn Express.

That would be lovely, but something tells me not yet - at least in the seven states that are previously may issue.

 

[greencobra]

the proverbial step in the right direction. my thought...never would have imagined this and as small as it is, it's f***ing huge!

 

[EJFudd]

How many other Constitutional Rights come with a "must have justifiable need" clause... ???

 

[rep308]

A Maura's press conference to announce something similar happens at.......?

 

[dingbat]

A Maura's press conference to announce something similar happens at.......?

Maura already said, “SCOTUS is wrong, f*** You Peasant!”

 

[Mesatchornug]

A Maura's press conference to announce something similar happens at.......?

Maura already said, “SCOTUS is wrong, f*** You Peasant!”

Right her official statement was on the 23rd. Her position is that suitability and discretion are unchanged

AG Healey Statement on SCOTUS Decision to Strike Down New York's Concealed-Carry Gun Licensing Law

www.mass.gov

 

[Asaltweapon]

Right her official statement was on the 23rd. Her position is that suitability and discretion are unchanged

AG Healey Statement on SCOTUS Decision to Strike Down New York's Concealed-Carry Gun Licensing Law

www.mass.gov

What a douche. I hope her baby hole grows a loaf of bread.

 

[Broc]

LOWELL CLEO is going to have an aneurysm over this.

Even my licensing officer had a hard time getting an LTC in Lowell. A LICENSING OFFICER, from a neighboring town. She works at a damn PD.

 

[EJFudd]

Maura will always be Maura. She makes up her own laws. As we all know, she is "special" and, therefore, can do no wrong in the eyes of the legislature or the courts.

 

[paul73]

Right her official statement was on the 23rd. Her position is that suitability and discretion are unchanged

AG Healey Statement on SCOTUS Decision to Strike Down New York's Concealed-Carry Gun Licensing Law

www.mass.gov

For a lot of operatives like her scotus rulings are just more like a guidelines, not a law. And whatever pac runs ads against her now should use her disrespect of scotus as well.

 

[Mesatchornug]

For a lot of operatives like her scotus rulings are just more like a guidelines, not a law. And whatever pac runs ads against her now should use her disrespect of scotus as well.

Hahaha
I'm on your side here, I really am.

But anybody harping on that in MA is giving her votes. She's probably going to stand on this as proof that she's "bravely" standing up to "Trump's illegitimate Court."

In her mind, this is heroic. To the 80% of MA residents who don't like guns, and don't understand what's actually going on, she's right.

 

[paul73]

She's probably going to stand on this as proof that she's "bravely" standing up to "Trump's illegitimate Court."

In her mind, this is heroic.

that is true.

 

[Waher]

Hahaha
I'm on your side here, I really am.

But anybody harping on that in MA is giving her votes. She's probably going to stand on this as proof that she's "bravely" standing up to "Trump's illegitimate Court."

In her mind, this is heroic. To the 80% of MA residents who don't like guns, and don't understand what's actually going on, she's right.

For now, but if she winds up being the one which gets SCotUS to say, "Well we gave guidance and left it up to the states -but you still didn't listen, so CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY IT IS"; Maura will wind up going down in history as the harpy that undid it all for them. Even having the previously friendly to her 1st circuit step with the text & history standard to tell Maura her shit's f***ed up and she's retarded wouldn't be a good look for her.

 

[Mesatchornug]

For now, but if she winds up being the one which gets SCotUS to say, "Well we gave guidance and left it up to the states -but you still didn't listen, so CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY IT IS"; Maura will wind up going down in history as the harpy that undid it all for them.

Something about stopping your opponent from making mistakes...

 

[Bladerunner]

What a douche. I hope her baby hole grows a loaf of bread.

Word has it she's so nasty she can sprout potatoes out her balloon knot.

 

[Asaltweapon]

Word has it she's so nasty she can sprout potatoes out her balloon knot.

Yeast and starch is what you get w/o some....

 

[fishgutzy]

Every officer inn charge of issuing or denying just saw a massive pay cut. No more cash tips.

 

[murf4321]

Get f***ed liberal pukes

 

[Wrench75]

How many other Constitutional Rights come with a "must have justifiable need" clause... ???

Did you read the opinion? They cited exactly that as part of the reasoning behind the decision.

 

[Garys]

A good number of people who thought that ended up in prison.

I’d like to think a license issued in another state is recognized but I stayed in a Hyatt Friday night, not a Holiday Inn Express.

 

[Garys]

Why didn't she get the LTC from her own agency? Police officers can get their LTC from their own agency no matter where they live. Just as business owners can get their LTC from the city or town where they have their business. A friend owns a business in Quincy, but lives elsewhere. His LTC is from Quincy.

LOWELL CLEO is going to have an aneurysm over this.

Even my licensing officer had a hard time getting an LTC in Lowell. A LICENSING OFFICER, from a neighboring town. She works at a damn PD.

 

[Broc]

Why didn't she get the LTC from her own agency? Police officers can get their LTC from their own agency no matter where they live. Just as business owners can get their LTC from the city or town where they have their business. A friend owns a business in Quincy, but lives elsewhere. His LTC is from Quincy.

Not a cop. Not all licensing officers are cops.

 

[Garys]

Funny, I've never run into one that wasn't.

Not a cop. Not all licensing officers are cops.

 

[kevin9]

Funny, I've never run into one that wasn't.

In some towns a clerk-type handles all the paperwork and process. I think the CLEO, or designated LEO, still has to sign as the licensing authority, but they don't do the process. Last I knew that's how it was in my town.

 

[fishgutzy]

LOWELL CLEO is going to have an aneurysm over this.

Even my licensing officer had a hard time getting an LTC in Lowell. A LICENSING OFFICER, from a neighboring town. She works at a damn PD.

Lowell required that one prove that one had already been a victim of a violent crime with a threat of it happening again.
Other than that, One had to pay into key democrat election campaign or cash tips.

 

[inkdesigner]

Lowell required that one prove that one had already been a victim of a violent crime with a threat of it happening again.
Other than that, One had to pay into key democrat election campaign or cash tips.

Lowell changed things up a few years ago and they now issue unrestricted LTCs of you jump thru a few extra hoops. 3 letters of recommendation, an additional training class, and a letter. I know that it sucks to do the extra, but now folks can get unrestricted without a special circumstance