Get NJ Firearm Bill Of Sale 2015-2024

Being caught with one unregistered will have you facing 5-10 years in New Jersey state prison. Sometimes the law simply doesn't make sense. A lifetime firearm permit in NJ is required for a purchase of any gun in NJ.

A lifetime purchaser identification card is required for purchase of rifles and shotguns, as well as for purchases of handgun ammunition. A permit to purchase a handgun, valid for 90 days is required for each handgun purchase. Only one handgun can be purchased within a 30-day period.

No person shall sell, give, transfer or assign or otherwise dispose of a handgun to a person other than a licensed or registered retail or wholesale dealer unless the buyer or receiver possesses and exhibits a valid permit to purchase.

California law makes it a criminal offense for a firearm owner to: store a loaded gun in a home, or within an area of the owner's control, and. do so when the owner knows, or should know, that a person prohibited from possessing a firearm under state law or federal law could access it.

The castle doctrine creates an exception to the duty to retreat before using deadly force in self-defense if the individual under attack is in their own home. The law in New Jersey allowing the use of force in defense of one's home or personal property (NJ Rev Stat § 2C:3-6 (2013)) follows the castle doctrine.

NEW JERSEY STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT ALL FIREARMS MUST BE STORED, UNLOADED, IN A SECURELY LOCKED GUN SAFE OR LOCKED CONTAINER, AND ALL AMMUNITION MUST BE STORED SEPARATELY FROM THE FIREARM.