FPC Wants Summary Judgement in Challenge to NJ’s SBR Ban

February 25, 2026
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Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) is pulling no punches in their latest salvo against New Jersey's draconian ban on short-barreled rifles (SBRs), filing for summary judgment in a federal lawsuit that could dismantle one of the bluest state's most cherished gun control sacred cows. This isn't just another filing—it's a strategic masterstroke, asking the court to skip the drawn-out trial circus and rule outright that NJ's prohibition violates the Second Amendment. Backed by the Supreme Court's Bruen decision, which demands that gun laws be rooted in historical tradition rather than modern nanny-state whims, FPC argues the ban lacks any analog from the Founding era. Think about it: colonists weren't fiddling with 16-inch barrels; they were slinging carbines and muskets of all lengths to fend off threats. NJ's law, like so many post-1934 NFA relics, is a contrived barrier masquerading as safety theater. The context here is electric for 2A warriors. New Jersey, long the poster child for unconstitutional overreach with its assault weapon bans and mag limits repeatedly slapped down in court, is now staring down the barrel of SBR liberation. FPC's push echoes victories like Cargill v. Garland, where ghost gun rules crumbled, and builds on the post-Bruen domino effect that's seen lower courts greenlight everything from standard-capacity magazines to braced pistols. If summary judgment lands—and odds are tilting our way given recent precedents—this could turbocharge challenges nationwide, eroding NFA restrictions state-by-state. Imagine SBRs as commonplace as AR pistols, no $200 tax stamp or ATF wait times required. Implications? Monumental. For the 2A community, it's a blueprint for aggressive litigation: file fast, demand judgment early, and force judges to confront Bruen head-on without activist delays. Gun owners in restrictive regimes get a morale boost, while manufacturers eye booming SBR markets unhindered by arbitrary length rules. Politicos in deep-blue enclaves might finally blink, fearing electoral backlash as courts affirm that the right to bear arms isn't measured in inches. Stay tuned—this could be the shot heard 'round the ranges, proving once again that persistence and precedent turn bans into relics of a bygone era.

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Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) is pulling no punches in their latest salvo against New Jersey’s draconian ban on short-barreled rifles (SBRs), filing for summary judgment in a federal lawsuit that could dismantle one of the bluest state’s most cherished gun control sacred cows. This isn’t just another filing—it’s a strategic masterstroke, asking the court to skip the drawn-out trial circus and rule outright that NJ’s prohibition violates the Second Amendment. Backed by the Supreme Court’s Bruen decision, which demands that gun laws be rooted in historical tradition rather than modern nanny-state whims, FPC argues the ban lacks any analog from the Founding era. Think about it: colonists weren’t fiddling with 16-inch barrels; they were slinging carbines and muskets of all lengths to fend off threats. NJ’s law, like so many post-1934 NFA relics, is a contrived barrier masquerading as safety theater.

The context here is electric for 2A warriors. New Jersey, long the poster child for unconstitutional overreach with its assault weapon bans and mag limits repeatedly slapped down in court, is now staring down the barrel of SBR liberation. FPC’s push echoes victories like Cargill v. Garland, where ghost gun rules crumbled, and builds on the post-Bruen domino effect that’s seen lower courts greenlight everything from standard-capacity magazines to braced pistols. If summary judgment lands—and odds are tilting our way given recent precedents—this could turbocharge challenges nationwide, eroding NFA restrictions state-by-state. Imagine SBRs as commonplace as AR pistols, no $200 tax stamp or ATF wait times required.

Implications? Monumental. For the 2A community, it’s a blueprint for aggressive litigation: file fast, demand judgment early, and force judges to confront Bruen head-on without activist delays. Gun owners in restrictive regimes get a morale boost, while manufacturers eye booming SBR markets unhindered by arbitrary length rules. Politicos in deep-blue enclaves might finally blink, fearing electoral backlash as courts affirm that the right to bear arms isn’t measured in inches. Stay tuned—this could be the shot heard ’round the ranges, proving once again that persistence and precedent turn bans into relics of a bygone era.

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