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.
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.
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.
If you are a resident of New Jersey and would like to have a firearm shipped to us so we can transfer it to you, we'll be happy to accommodate. Transfers are $61.00 for a handgun and $60 for long guns and $15.00 for each additional item, if picked up at the same time. All prices include NICS.
In order to transfer a gun through an FFL at a gun store or the likes, a specific Federal Firearms License transfer process must be followed: the recipient needs to be present at the FFL's licensed location and satisfy the background check requirements, fill out a Form 4473, and then take possession of the firearm.
Private firearm sales must go through a licensed dealer, except for transactions among immediate family members, law enforcement officers, or licensed collectors. Certain temporary private transfers are also exempt from this rule.