Gun Permit Form For Nj In Cook
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The process begins with making application for a Firearms Purchaser Identification Card and along the way, requires you to submit to a background investigation by both state and federal agencies, supply references, be fingerprinted, and consent to a mental health records check.
You may complete the application using a smartphone, mobile device, laptop, or desktop computer. When completing the application you will need the email addresses of 2 reputable references. Your references can be family members.
It depends. Your township or the NJSP have 60 days to approve your application, otherwise it's deemed automatically approved. The next step is the County Court. Because of a recent influx of applications, courts are backed up with approvals and can take anywhere from 30 to 120 days.
Been convicted of aggravated assault, arson, burglary, escape, extortion, homicide, kidnapping, robbery, sexual assault; bias intimidation or endangering the welfare of a child; or any weapons offense; or any domestic violence offense including crime such as harassment, stalking or criminal restraint.
Even with a PCH, there are also restrictions on where you can and can't carry. For example, weapons are prohibited in hospitals, schools, and courthouses. You don't need a gun permit on your personal property in New Jersey.
N.J.S. § 2C:58-3 outlines the circumstances under which a person cannot be issued firearms or handgun permits. This section prevents anyone from being issued this identification or permit if they are convicted of any crime, disorderly persons offense, or domestic violence-related offense.
New Jersey also outlaws the manufacture of ghost guns, categorizing the offense as a second-degree crime with penalties that include five to 10 years in prison and potential fines of up to $150,000. Transporting ghost guns into New Jersey for the purpose of unlawful sales also constitutes a second-degree crime.
