On October 15, the Third Circuit en banc heard arguments on New Jersey’s prohibition on numerous semiautomatic firearms (pejoratively named “assault firearms”) and magazines holding over ten rounds. Three cases were consolidated under the title Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, Inc. (ANJRPC) v. Attorney General New Jersey,. The district court in ANJRPC held the rifle ban to violate the Second Amendment but upheld the magazine ban. Earlier, a Third Circuit panel upheld the magazine ban, but the Supreme Court ordered it to reconsider in light of Bruen. In August, the Third Circuit sua sponte ordered that the appeal of the district court decision be held en banc.

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