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toddackerman
11-01-07, 21:49
In Colorado right now where the "living is easy", but may have a business opportunity in NJ. What are the laws like? CCW? AR's? Magazines etc.? How bad, or good is it?

Thanks to those who can tell me the real details!

Tack
Boomer10
11-01-07, 22:30
I've lived in NJ for the past 9 years (I just moved to PA 2 weeks ago) and can answer most of your questions. I'm sure others will chime in with more specific details.

CCWs are practically impossible to obtain. You'll probably have a better chance of winning the lottery.

Magazines are restricted to 15 rounds (no such thing as a preban magazine either). Also, if you have an AR it can not have a bayonet lug, flash suppressor/hider, collapsible stock, etc.
mactastic
11-02-07, 00:25
bwahahahahha. If you want to own weapons there are two states you don't move two. cali and jersey.
if you like to shoot and own don't bother. end of story.
ddemis
11-02-07, 02:36
Mac and the other guys are correct about Jersey. That socialist state even went so far as to ban the 30 cal. M-1 carbine from world war II calling it a Assault rifle!
reels18
11-02-07, 04:06
A simple guideline to consider when inquiring about New Jersey gun laws.

If you want it, it is probably illegal to own there.

Trenton seems to use old Nazi gun laws as a model for their anti gun legislation.
John_Wayne777
11-02-07, 07:11
In Colorado right now where the "living is easy", but may have a business opportunity in NJ. What are the laws like? CCW? AR's? Magazines etc.? How bad, or good is it?

Thanks to those who can tell me the real details!

Tack

The gun laws are horrid.

No CCW, you have to have pre-approval from the cops to buy a handgun (and the approval takes MONTHS) and while I lived there it wasn't legal to even posses hollowpoint bullets.

No thank you.
Safetyhit
11-02-07, 17:02
CCWs are practically impossible to obtain. You'll probably have a better chance of winning the lottery.

Magazines are restricted to 15 rounds (no such thing as a preban magazine either). Also, if you have an AR it can not have a bayonet lug, flash suppressor/hider, collapsible stock, etc.



All correct.


Still, there are many hunters here where I live just 20 minutes outside Philly. Not enough, nor is there enough of the open farms we had here 20 years ago. But, it could be worse I suppose. I have legally ordered and received M855, tracers and hollow points. I drive up to Fort Dix to shoot, but there are some farms nearby where one can shoot rifles as well as shotguns even today.

The bizarre thing is that you drive just over the bridge into south Philly and get a new 6920 with all the 30 round mags you can carry. :confused: :mad:
Safetyhit
11-02-07, 17:05
while I lived there it wasn't legal to even posses hollowpoint bullets.




You can own them, but there are restrictions as to how one may use them and also I believe transport them.
ddemis
11-02-07, 18:41
I have to say our country is pretty screwd up. It's a sad day when you can own just about any gun you want and Exercise your right to shoot, hunt etc. in one state and drive to a neighboring state and your breaking the law. Thank god I moved out of that part of the country to a free state! (Nevada).
losbronces
11-02-07, 20:03
I have to say our country is pretty screwd up. It's a sad day when you can own just about any gun you want and Exercise your right to shoot, hunt etc. in one state and drive to a neighboring state and your breaking the law. Thank god I moved out of that part of the country to a free state! (Nevada).

Not all of Nevada. Clark County requires all handguns to be licensed though... Here is an excerpt from an article in Liberty Watch Magazine:

Sheriff Doug Gillespie, on the other hand, wants visitors to register their guns within 24 hours of crossing the county line, unless they get a pass. Recently Gillespie issued gun-registration exemptions on a weekend with expected high-crime traffic. According to Dolores McNamara with the Silver State Shooting Sport Association, Gillespie turned his back on the law when the NBA All-Star game was in town.
“A [Concealed Carrying Weapon] holder from another county must register their firearm or they will be in violation, and all Clark County residents must register,” McNamara said. “But the sheriff decided to not require the NBA bodyguards to register their handguns and ‘waived’ the security-guard license requirement. The sheriff has no authority to do this.”

McNamara also points out that all firearms at Clark County gun shows and all shooters at resort ranges must register their handguns or be subject to arrest and seizure. Supporters of SB92 are now wondering, “Why is Gillespie willing to ignore a law that he’s so concerned with keeping on the books?” According to bill sponsor Sen. Bob Beers, the new sheriff opposes SB92.

“It sounds like Clark County’s new sheriff is strongly opposed,” Beers said. “I support SB92 without amendment.”
Renegade
11-02-07, 21:00
If you find you have to move as a result of a job in NJ, you might be able to live in PA and commute.

I have a cousin who lives in PA and commutes to NYC.
ddemis
11-02-07, 21:42
IT is true Doug Gillespie is not at all supportive of gun rights and the Clark co. Blue card registration law is ridiculous. I had no idea he made exceptions for the armed guards of NBA ball players during that stupid crime ridden week for the all star game. Just goes to show who's side he is on. Thanks for the heads up.
Canonshooter
11-03-07, 12:06
If you find you have to move as a result of a job in NJ, you might be able to live in PA and commute.

I have a cousin who lives in PA and commutes to NYC.


I'm just starting a new job - the best job I have ever had - in MA! Luckily, I work out of the main corporate office which is 6 miles from the NH border. Guess what state I'm moving to? :)