Legal Opinion
BURTON v. Sills
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided December 16, 1968PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Jacobs, J.
The Law Division upheld the constitutionality of New Jersey’s recently enacted “Gun Control Law” (L. 1966, c. 60; N. J. S. 2A :151-1 et seq.) and dismissed the plaintiffs’ complaint attacking it. 99 N. J. Super. 516 (1967). The Appellate Division affirmed (99 N. J. Super. 459 (1968)) and the plaintiffs appealed to this Court as of right. R. R. 1:2-1 (a).
The plaintiffs are three individuals associated with sportsmen’s clubs in Few Jersey, two gun dealers, and a corporation organized to promote the sports of shooting and marksmanship. They…
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