EATONTOWN, NJ – -(AmmoLand.com)- The U.S. Constitution’s Full Faith and Credit Clause (Article IV, Section 1) requires that states respect the “public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.” Yet, New Jersey refuses to recognize any other state’s licenses to carry a handgun.
Charles McDowell of Georgia and Thomas Muller of Delaware possess judicial court Orders granting them licenses to carry weapons. Their Orders were issued by judges in judicial proceedings by state courts, just as New Jersey’s licenses to carry are also issued by judges.
Based on the above, the law firms of Evan F. Nappen Attorney at Law, P.C. and Giaramita Law Offices, P.C. have brought a Civil Rights Action in the United State District Court, New Jersey, on behalf of McDowell and Muller against NJ Attorney General Gurbir Grewal and every NJ County Prosecutor.
Plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment that McDowell’s and Muller’s judicial Orders granting license to carry weapons be honored in New Jersey pursuant to Full Faith and Credit.
“This case is the first step in gaining reciprocity by making New Jersey’s handgun permit system more reasonable and in step with the overwhelming majority of States in the US,” said Evan F. Nappen, Esq. “This case potentially breaks New Jersey’s stranglehold on permits to carry a handgun by opening the door for good people to carry again in New Jersey.”
A GoFundMe for this case has been set up at: https://gogetfunding.com/
About Evan Nappen:
Evan Nappen (www.EvanNappen.com) is a criminal defense attorney who has focused on New Jersey firearms and weapons law for several decades. He is the author of the New Jersey Gun Law Guide. Visit his website at www.EvanNappen.com
I don’t recall where it says in the Second Amendment that States can infringe upon carry rights of freedmen? I do recall Article VI specifying that States may not create laws, regulations, and treatise that infringe upon the Bill of Rights. Rinse, Wash, and Repeat NJ you sorry bunch of tyrants!
Should be a class action case so every ccp holder can sign on.
New Jersey is as blatant as they come, it’s not surprising that other state laws don’t apply to them since a communist state run government can violate the law of the land and not a single federal agency will hold them accountable.
Look no further than its govenor and his attorney general to restrict a would be free people. This is a very common combination throughout states with anti-constitution management.
Next up should be Oregon (only grants Mother May I Cards to SOME residents o CONTIGUOUS states. Then, of course, California who recognise NO OTHER STATE’s Mother May I Card. But taking after the Grubby Grewal is a great first step. This tower needs to come down. New Jersey will not even allow me to POSSESS my handgun within their state without there speshull Mother May I HAVE a Gun card, which they do not issue to any non-resident. Seems like an FOPA violatioin to me. I just don’t bother to go into or even near New Jersey. At least… Read more »
I long for universal reciprocity – as it should be according to the “full faith and credit” clause – so we can travel ANYWHERE in the U.S.A., by ANY mode of transportation available, without fear of becoming “accidental” felons.
As it is now, we have to “hide” our weapons in the auto trunk while traversing “The Peoples Republic of Illinois” traveling from our home in Kentucky to visit relatives in Wisconsin…
Not the strongest argument. The state will give them carry permits and the case will be closed.