Last year, the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office filed a lawsuit against Glock, Inc. under the state’s public nuisance law. This week, in connection with that lawsuit, FFLs across the state started receiving subpoenas demanding production of customer records regarding the lawful sale of all Glock pistols to New Jersey residents for the last ten years.
These records are unconnected to the theory of the state’s case. Moreover, because New Jersey’s pistol permitting system operates as a de facto registry, the Attorney General can simply produce those records from its own database. This subpoena would make these transactions a matter of public record.
This is being done solely for the purpose of harassing and doxxing residents who purchased the most popular pistol in America.
“Subpoenaing law-abiding firearm dealers to help build a state gun registry is unconstitutional and utterly outrageous,” said John Commerford, NRA-ILA Executive Director. “If New Jersey believes it can trample the Second Amendment and federal law with impunity, they are gravely mistaken. The NRA will not stand idly by while progressive politicians attempt to implement this dangerous, Orwellian scheme to dox, track, and harass honest, law-abiding Americans, and we are prepared to take any action necessary to protect the rights of New Jersey gun owners.”
Members and FFLs should monitor www.nraila.org for updates as the situation develops.
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