Gun owners looking to topple a New Jersey law banning guns in parks, bars, beaches, and other "sensitive places" have successfully persuaded a federal appeals court to rehear the case.

A three-judge panel rejected their arguments in a September ruling and largely upheld the law Gov. Phil Murphy signed in December 2022.

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But the gun owners in October asked that the full U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals reconsider the panel's ruling, which they contend conflicts with a June 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision that declared gun carry a constitutional right.

On Thursday, Chief Judge Michael A. Chagares vacated the September ruling and granted a rehearing after a majority of the 3rd Circuit's active judges

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