L. Arthur Burton, Louis A. Benton, Edmond H. Shuler, Al L. Toth, Herman Treptow, George Schielke and Citizens…

Summary

The New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed the lower courts and held that Chapter 60 of the 1966 Laws, the state’s Gun Control Law, is constitutionally valid. The Court found the licensing standards sufficiently specific, rejected the plaintiffs’ Second Amendment and other constitutional challenges, and ruled that the statute’s disclosure requirements do not violate the Fifth Amendment. The decision rests on the presumption of constitutionality and the state’s broad police power.