SERVICE ARMAMENT CO. v. HYLAND


70 N.J. 550 (1976)

362 A.2d 13

SERVICE ARMAMENT CO., A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION; NRA MEMBERS FOR A BETTER NRA, INC., A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION; HOWARD RAYMOND; GOODMANSHAW, INC., A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION; RUTGERS GUN AND BOAT CENTER, INC., A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION; NESHANIC DEPOT ANTIQUES, INCORPORATED, A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION; HOMESTEADER'S BLACK POWDER GUN CLUB OF BOUND BROOK, NEW JERSEY, AN UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. WILLIAM F. HYLAND, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 15, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Solomon Rosengarten, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellant (Mr. William F. Hyland, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney pro se; Mr. Rosengarten, of counsel and on the brief).

Mr. Charles J. Irwin argued the cause for respondents (Messrs. Irwin and Post, attorneys).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by CLIFFORD, J.

We are called upon in this litigation to construe that section of the New Jersey Gun Control Law of 1966 (L. 1966, c. 60; N.J.S.A. 2A:151-1 et seq.) which exempts antique firearms from the regulatory provisions and sanctions of the statute. Specifically we must determine if the replicas of antique muzzle-loading pistols, revolvers, and rifles which the corporate...

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