bushmaster1313
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Now that the United States Supreme Court held that it violates the Second Amendment of the Constitution to require “sufficient need” to get a carry permit, New Jersey is supposedly going to issue many carry permits to ordinary people.
Here is what it takes:
1) You need to own a handgun as the carry permit will only be issued for a gun you own and on which you qualified. For those who already have a handgun in their name in New Jersey this is not a big hurdle. For those who do not have a handgun they have to go through the handgun purchase process.
2) You need to find your Firearm Identification Card.
3) You need to be able to find written proof that you are the owner of the handgun(s) to be put on your carry permit. This can be hard to do if you bought the guns(s) awhile back.
4) You need to find a handgun training/qualifying course at a time and price you can afford. The cheapest are about $125 and it can take upwards of a week to find one with an opening. It was $25 more to test on a second gun.
5) Complete the training and qualification course. This is not hard if you are familiar with your gun. You must put 40 of 50 shots inside the person shape on an FBI Q target. First 10 shots are at 25 yards so you need to be a somewhat good shot to pass.
6) Pass a written safety/law test. Not sure if this is part of the law but it was part of my course.
7) Fill out the application in triplicate and get it notarized.
8) get three people who have known you for at least three years to sign your application as references.
9) bring your application in triplicate to the local police station.
10) Submit with your application:
A. Drivers License
B. Birth certificate or passport or proof of resident alien status.
C. Mental health form authorizing the search of all your mental records
D. Proof that you own the gun(s) you want to carry
E. Proof that the you qualified on the gun(s) you want to carry.
F. $50 money order to the Treasurer, State of New Jersey
G. 4 color photos head and shoulders. 1.5”x1.5”.
H. Your Firearm Identification Card.
11. When you submit your application at the police station you get a case number you must use when signing up to get electronic fingerprints.
12. Find online a place to take your fingerprints (this is not so easy as every place in New Jersey is booked solid and it costs an extra $40 on top of the regular $40 fee to do it in New York or Pennsylvania where there are plenty of openings.
13. Get you fingerprints taken
14. Wait to hear if you are approved.
15. If approved, it may be necessary to go down to the court house to pick up your permit.
Here is what it takes:
1) You need to own a handgun as the carry permit will only be issued for a gun you own and on which you qualified. For those who already have a handgun in their name in New Jersey this is not a big hurdle. For those who do not have a handgun they have to go through the handgun purchase process.
2) You need to find your Firearm Identification Card.
3) You need to be able to find written proof that you are the owner of the handgun(s) to be put on your carry permit. This can be hard to do if you bought the guns(s) awhile back.
4) You need to find a handgun training/qualifying course at a time and price you can afford. The cheapest are about $125 and it can take upwards of a week to find one with an opening. It was $25 more to test on a second gun.
5) Complete the training and qualification course. This is not hard if you are familiar with your gun. You must put 40 of 50 shots inside the person shape on an FBI Q target. First 10 shots are at 25 yards so you need to be a somewhat good shot to pass.
6) Pass a written safety/law test. Not sure if this is part of the law but it was part of my course.
7) Fill out the application in triplicate and get it notarized.
8) get three people who have known you for at least three years to sign your application as references.
9) bring your application in triplicate to the local police station.
10) Submit with your application:
A. Drivers License
B. Birth certificate or passport or proof of resident alien status.
C. Mental health form authorizing the search of all your mental records
D. Proof that you own the gun(s) you want to carry
E. Proof that the you qualified on the gun(s) you want to carry.
F. $50 money order to the Treasurer, State of New Jersey
G. 4 color photos head and shoulders. 1.5”x1.5”.
H. Your Firearm Identification Card.
11. When you submit your application at the police station you get a case number you must use when signing up to get electronic fingerprints.
12. Find online a place to take your fingerprints (this is not so easy as every place in New Jersey is booked solid and it costs an extra $40 on top of the regular $40 fee to do it in New York or Pennsylvania where there are plenty of openings.
13. Get you fingerprints taken
14. Wait to hear if you are approved.
15. If approved, it may be necessary to go down to the court house to pick up your permit.
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