NJ Attorney General Demands Gun Stores Produce Customer Records of Glock Sales

New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport is continuing the lawsuit against Glock that her predecessor Matthew Platkin filed last year, and her latest move in the litigation has Second Amendment groups crying foul. 

As part of the state’s discovery process, Davenport has sent subpoenas to FFLs in the Garden State demanding they produce records related to every Glock handgun that’s been purchased in their stores over the past decade. 

In an alert on the NRA-ILA website, the 2A group points out that Davenport already has access to this information, since New Jersey’s pistol permitting system operates as a de facto registry. So why is the AG issuing subpoenas when she could call up this info with a couple of keystrokes? Because this way the information within these sales records can be made public. 

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.”

The website News2A received a statement from Davenport’s office claiming not every FFL in the Garden State has been subpoenaed, just “a subset.” The AG declined, however, to say how many subpoenas have gone out, and whether or not more are to come. 

The AG’s office also says that “The requests are not seeking information about individual purchasers or any personal identifying information about purchasers.” News 2A disputes that, however, stating:

the subpoenas, which we have seen firsthand, do not reflect this. Additionally, the FFLs with which we have spoken, and their attorneys, some of whom we have spoken with, do not interpret the subpoenas this way either.

If this kind of personal information does become public, it’s quite possible that the the names, addresses, and other personal information of thousands of New Jersey gun owners would be available for anyone who wants them. That would include private citizens as well as any law enforcement officers who are required to purchase their duty weapon instead of being issued one by their department. 

An abusive ex or a stalker could soon have the home address of Individuals who may have moved in order to get away from someone who poses a danger to them. Burglars and gun traffickers could have an easily accessible list of Glock owners in their community. Violent offenders would have a way to figure out where the cop who arrested them spends their off-duty hours, and could use that info to target the officer or their family. 

Davenport is smart enough to realize the danger that could come to those who’ve been doxxed. The fact that she’s still pursuing these subpoenas suggests she simply doesn’t care about the risks that would be created if FFLs comply. The AG’s lawsuit may be filed against a gun maker, but Davenport is now making this about lawful gun owners in the Garden State as well. 

I’ll be talking with Commerford about this later today on Bearing Arms’ Cam & Company, and my hope is that NRA will be assisting any FFL who seeks to keep these records private. Based on the NRA’s statement, there’s simply no legitimate reason for Davenport to make these demands, and if enough gun store owners object to the AG’s demands, hopefully the judge overseeing the lawsuit against the gunmaker will rule her discovery request out of line.

Editor’s Note: The radical Left will stop at nothing to enact their radical gun control agenda and strip us of our Second Amendment rights.

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