State Legality Matrix / Assault Weapon Feature Bans / New Jersey
Statute-cited, last verified 2026-07-10
Yes. Named list plus a substantially-identical feature test; possession of unregistered assault firearms is prohibited and the registration window closed in 1990. Effective 1990-05-30.
Controlling law: N.J. Stat. §§ 2C:39-1(w), 2C:39-5(f) & 2C:58-12
Triggering features: folding stock, telescoping stock, pistol grip, flash suppressor, grenade launcher, bayonet mount, threaded barrel, forward grip.
Bans enumerated models and substantially identical semi-auto rifles (a two-feature-style test) plus any semi-auto rifle with a fixed magazine over 15 rounds. The original 1990 registration window is long closed, leaving no practical grandfather path.
There has been no federal assault weapons ban since the 1994 ban expired in 2004; no feature restrictions apply federally to semi-automatic rifles or pistols. The 2023 ATF pistol-brace rule was vacated by the Fifth Circuit and is not enforced, so braced pistols are not SBRs under federal law. Cargill v. Garland (2024) made bump stocks federally legal. Feature bans are entirely a matter of state law.
Scope: State laws restricting semi-automatic rifles, pistols, and shotguns by configuration features: threaded barrels, pistol grips, folding or telescoping stocks, flash suppressors, forward grips, and similar. Magazine capacity limits are tracked as a separate class.
Yes. Named list plus a substantially-identical feature test; possession of unregistered assault firearms is prohibited and the registration window closed in 1990. Effective 1990-05-30. Controlling law: N.J. Stat. §§ 2C:39-1(w), 2C:39-5(f) & 2C:58-12.
The controlling law is N.J. Stat. §§ 2C:39-1(w), 2C:39-5(f) & 2C:58-12. Named list plus a substantially-identical feature test; possession of unregistered assault firearms is prohibited and the registration window closed in 1990.
New Jersey's rule took effect 1990-05-30. Bans enumerated models and substantially identical semi-auto rifles (a two-feature-style test) plus any semi-auto rifle with a fixed magazine over 15 rounds. The original 1990 registration window is long closed, leaving no practical grandfather path.
There has been no federal assault weapons ban since the 1994 ban expired in 2004; no feature restrictions apply federally to semi-automatic rifles or pistols. The 2023 ATF pistol-brace rule was vacated by the Fifth Circuit and is not enforced, so braced pistols are not SBRs under federal law. Cargill v. Garland (2024) made bump stocks federally legal. Feature bans are entirely a matter of state law.
In a feature-ban state, swapping the pistol grip for a featureless grip is the cheapest path to a compliant rifle that keeps its detachable magazine. These grips are purpose-built for that test.
Wider fin-style featureless grip with a fuller palm shelf for shooters who want more support than the Simple grip.
Fin-style featureless grip that replaces the protruding pistol grip on a feature-restricted AR-15 build.
Billet aluminum featureless grip for California AR-15 builds that keeps a standard magazine release.
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