{"id":2660854,"date":"2026-09-14T11:52:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T15:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-jerseys-plot-to-bankrupt-gun-manufacturers-dealt-a-deadly-blow-by-federal-court\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T11:55:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T15:55:01","slug":"new-jerseys-plot-to-bankrupt-gun-manufacturers-dealt-a-deadly-blow-by-federal-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-jerseys-plot-to-bankrupt-gun-manufacturers-dealt-a-deadly-blow-by-federal-court\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey&#8217;s Plot to Bankrupt Gun Manufacturers Dealt a Deadly Blow by Federal Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-jerseys-plot-to-bankrupt-gun-manufacturers-dealt-a-deadly-blow-by-federal-court%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2660854&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A recent legal growth favored pro-Second Amendment interests when the U.S.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit dismissed New Jersey\u2019s attempt to block lawsuits against firearm manufacturers under a 2022 state law. The court ruled that the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has standing to challenge the law, which seeks to hold gun stores and manufacturers liable. the decision clarified procedural issues, citing the Younger abstention doctrine, which limits federal court intervention in ongoing state legal processes. NSSF asserts that the law violates multiple federal liberties, including the Second Amendment and the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, aiming to prevent the law from undermining federal firearm protections.Meanwhile, New Jersey continues other legal efforts against firearm companies, including lawsuits targeting Glock and SIG Sauer. The ruling supports the ongoing legal debate over firearm industry regulations and states\u2019 attempts to impose additional restrictions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>An 18-month legal battle swung in a pro-Second Amendment direction Tuesday after a federal appeals court ruled against New Jersey\u2019s scheme to threaten firearm manufacturers with bankruptcy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/assets.nationbuilder.com\/firearmspolicycoalition\/pages\/5472\/attachments\/original\/1788877662\/NSSF_v_Davenport_Opinion.pdf\">denied<\/a> New Jersey\u2019s effort to block a suit by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) against a law allowing the state to sue gun stores and firearm manufacturers in an opinion released Tuesday. The three-judge panel consisting of two Trump appointees and a Clinton appointee on senior status ruled that the six lawsuits the state had filed under <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/NJ\/text\/A1765\/id\/2603044\">A1765<\/a>, a 2022 law that targeted the firearms industry, gave the trade group standing to challenge the law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cNew Jersey\u2019s proposed rule would create a Catch-22,\u201d United States Circuit Judge David J. Porter, one of the Trump appointees, wrote for the unanimous panel. \u201cIf the association sued before the enforcement action against one of its members, it would be dismissed for lack of standing, like in NSSF I. If it sued after the enforcement action, it would be dismissed under Younger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\"><a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/supremecourt\/text\/401\/37\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Younger v. Harris<\/a> is a 1971 Supreme Court decision that created the \u201cabstention doctrine.\u201d Federal courts generally must stay out of ongoing state judicial proceedings that implicate important state interests, so long as the state forum gives an adequate chance to raise federal constitutional claims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cThis is a tremendous legal hurdle that has been cleared to permit our challenge to be heard in court. This law clearly violates the bipartisan Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act and is unconstitutional in many respects,\u201d NSSF Senior Vice President &#038; General Counsel Lawrence G. Keane said in a Tuesday <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/third-circuit-allows-nssf-challenge-nj-reasonable-controls-law\/\">release<\/a>. \u201cThe challenge to this law has been tortured and the previous frustrations to demonstrate that this state law attempts to circumvent federal law can now move forward. We are confident that New Jersey\u2019s naked attempt to undermine the will of Congress and bankrupt firearm manufacturers and sellers through frivolous lawsuits will not stand legal review.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cThis procedural ruling does not address the merits of NSSF\u2019s challenge to our state\u2019s gun industry accountability law, a spokesperson for Democratic Attorney General Jennifer Davenport told the Daily Caller News Foundation.\u00a0 \u201cOur Statewide Affirmative Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) office will continue its important work to protect our state from gun violence, and we look forward to continuing to defend against this lawsuit in court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">While the state\u2019s December 2024 <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.njoag.gov\/attorney-general-platkin-sues-glock-for-design-and-sale-of-guns-switchable-to-machine-gun-configuration\/\">lawsuit<\/a> against Glock over so-called \u201cGlock switches\u201d \u2013 devices that are used to illegally modify the popular semiautomatic pistols to either a select-fire or a full-auto mode of operation \u2013 generated headlines, New Jersey also <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.njoag.gov\/ag-platkin-safe-office-and-division-of-consumer-affairs-sue-sig-sauer-over-defective-p320-handgun\/\">initiated legal action<\/a> against SIG Sauer in October 2025, alleging that their P320 pistol was unsafe and caused unintentional discharges. SIG Sauer did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the DCNF.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cIn the decade since its introduction, the P320 has undergone the most rigorous testing and evaluation of any firearm, by military and law enforcement agencies around the world,\u201d SIG Sauer said in a <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sigsauer.com\/blog\/the-truth-about-the-p320\">statement<\/a> on its website. \u201cIt consistently delivers a proven record of performance and reliability through state-of-the-art engineering, and documented quality control at every stage of its production. Claims that unintended discharges are anything more than negligent handling and\/or manufactured lies to support an anti-gun, anti-SIG agenda are false.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">NSSF argued in its February 2025 <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/nssfpdf.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/NSSF+v.+Platkin+Amended+Complaint.pdf\">amended complaint<\/a> that A1765 violates the Second Amendment, First Amendment, 14th Amendment and the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s byline and their DCNF affiliation. 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