BELLEVUE, Wash. — Nov. 3, 2025 — The Second Modification Basis (SAF), joined by New Jersey Firearms House owners Syndicate, have filed a new lawsuit difficult the confiscation of a New Jersey resident’s firearms after his spouse was involuntarily dedicated for a psychological well being analysis.
The case, Aliaj v. Fort Lee Police Division (FLPD), stems from a language-related misunderstanding at a medical clinic in Englewood, New Jersey. Elsid Aliaj’s pregnant spouse sought take care of pregnancy-related nausea throughout which era she made a comment in her second language of English that brought on the supplier to mistakenly imagine she could wish to hurt herself. She was placed on a 72-hour psychological well being analysis maintain to rule out any hazard to herself.
Subsequently, nonetheless, officers with the FLPD confirmed up on the couple’s house and demanded Aliaj flip over his firearms attributable to his spouse’s involuntary admission to the medical facility. Believing he could be arrested if he didn’t comply, Aliaj handed over his firearms, ammunition and equipment. The officers offered no warrant or pink flag order which would offer authority for such a seizure as a result of that they had none. Because the illegal seizure, each FLPD officers and native prosecutors have continued to withhold Aliaj’s firearms with no authorized justification, and have since doubled down on their unconstitutional conduct by searching for to revoke Aliaj’s New Jersey Firearms Purchaser Identification Card. There are not any prison or prohibiting allegations in opposition to Aliaj – merely that his spouse could also be prohibited.
“The actions by the Fort Lee Police Division and the Bergen County Prosecutor’s workplace are completely unconstitutional,” mentioned SAF Government Director Adam Kraut. “Mr. Aliaj is a peaceful citizen and isn’t disqualified from proudly owning or possessing firearms, but the police division and prosecutor’s workplace proceed to infringe on his Second Modification rights. He has tried going by the right channels to regain possession of his property since April however continues to be disenfranchised. The one choices the prosecutor’s workplace gave Mr. Aliaj for returning his firearms is to retailer them outdoors his house, promote the weapons, destroy them or have a listening to to try to return the confiscated objects, all of that are a violation of his constitutional rights.”
Because the grievance states, “…Defendants have blatantly thumbed their nostril on the clear precedent of the Supreme Courtroom of the USA and can proceed to take action absent court docket intervention. A governmental entity merely could not forestall a peaceful, law-abiding particular person from possessing handguns and different firearms within the house, full cease.”
“You may’t be disarmed merely due to an affiliation with somebody,” mentioned SAF founder and Government Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. “The truth that Mr. Aliaj’s spouse was dedicated to a medical facility has completely no bearing on his capability to personal and possess firearms, interval. It’s a tragic day when a peaceful citizen should retain attorneys to struggle for his or her Second Modification rights, though it ought to come as no shock in New Jersey. It is a clear-cut case of constitutional infringement, and we totally anticipate a swift decision.”
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The Second Modification Basis (saf.org) is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt schooling, analysis, publishing and authorized motion group devoted to safeguarding and selling the basic rights of people enshrined within the Second Modification of the USA Structure. SAF engages in aggressive authorized motion to make sure the rules of armed self-defense, private liberty, and the possession of arms are defended, secured, and restored. Via public schooling initiatives, SAF teaches the significance of the Second Modification to advertise a society that values and workouts the fitting to maintain and bear arms.
