New Jersey Gun rights group files suit to overturn state’s concealed carry law

By Brenda Flanagan
NJTV News
February 7th. 2018

Business owner Tom Rogers sued after Wall Township Police turned down his application for a concealed carry permit. The complaint says, Rogers must “… frequently service ATM machines in high-crime areas.” And while “Rogers does not face any specific danger to his life. He does, however, desire to carry a handgun in public for the purpose of self-defense.”

“The fact that he runs an ATM business and may carry a lot of cash … Listen, the bottom line is that citizens are on their own in an emergency and the government shouldn’t interfere with their ability to protect themselves,” said the president of Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs, Scott Bach.

Bach joined Rogers in the lawsuit against New Jersey, the State Police, Wall Township and others filed in federal court in Newark. Bach says, Rogers passed all the background checks and training requirements for a permit, but didn’t qualify because New Jersey’s concealed carry law requires applicants to prove a strictly-defined “justifiable need” in order to get a permit.