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.
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.
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.
Yes. With no unreasonable deviations from your travels you may drive through New Jersey with any type firearm or ammunition.
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.
New Jersey generally prohibits the knowing possession of a handgun in any place other than one's own property or place of business without a permit to carry a handgun. New Jersey requires any person seeking to carry a handgun to apply for a permit through the NJSP or local law enforcement.