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Federal judge blocks part of New Jersey's handgun carry law

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TRENTON, N.J. - A federal judge on Tuesday blocked part of New Jersey's new handgun carry law that barred weapons from being carried in so-called sensitive places and halted a new insurance mandate the law sought to institute.Second Amendment rights groups that filed suit against the law hailed the opinion as a victory, while the spokespeople for the Democrat-controlled Legislature's leaders and Democratic Gov.

Phil Murphy stood by the law.State Attorney General Matt Platkin filed an appeal to the order by chief U.S. District Judge Renee Marie Bumb.The court order blocks state officials from enforcing the law, which barred lawful carry of firearms in certain places.

Among the places covered by the judge’s order are: within 100 feet (30 meters) of certain public gatherings, zoos, bars and restaurants and certain entertainment facilities.

The judge’s order on Tuesday did not specify that it was ending prohibitions in places such as schools, universities or child care facilities.The judge's order also blocked an insurance mandate for firearms carriers that was scheduled to take effect in July.The order blocks only part of the law, which Murphy signed last year days before Christmas, and the judge wrote that she found most of the law’s permitting requirements to be consistent with the Second Amendment."This Nation has historically disarmed dangerous individuals or individuals who could endanger the public with a firearm.

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