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A federal judge on Monday hit the brakes on New Jersey's new concealed carry law, finding that the tough restrictions on where and when a person can carry a firearm in public present "considerable constitutional problems."

The ruling comes less than three weeks after Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation pushed by the governor and his Democratic colleagues in the Legislature to strictly limit concealed carry in an array of "sensitive places" and prohibiting permit-holders from keeping a loaded gun in their car.

In a 60-page decision, Judge Renee Marie Bumb, a George W. Bush appointee, issued a temporary restraining order against New Jersey officials preventing them from enforcing certain provisions of the law, including the "sensitive places" restriction and the restrictions placed to carry in cars and private property. The law specifies dozens of places where guns are not allowed, including schools, courthouses, and parks and beaches.

Bumb also sharply criticized state leaders, whom she wrote "should have been better prepared to defend the legislation’s constitutionality."

https://www.nj.com/news/2023/01/judge-blocks-key-parts-of-njs-new-concealed-carry-gun-law-cites-constitutional-problems.html