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The Fish & Game regs Parker is quoting are not listed under 2C:39-5 b,c and d, so 2C:39-6 e cannot supersede the F&G regs. No, you cannot carry a handgun while hunting.

Cabela's won't ship it to NJ because it has to sold though a dealer in NJ. EDIT: I thought the OP was talking about the rifle itself, not the bullets.

The only "deal" I found was some Swiss GP11 ammo for $6 a box. Most guns were still at panic like prices and some dealers there don't realize ammo isn't as hard to come by anymore.

Correct, handguns are not legal to hunt with at all in NJ.

I can admire your idealistic thoughts, and believe me, I would like nothing more than to stick it up the "Man's" a$$ when they pull this crap. However, based on your response, you obviously have never tried to do any of this. Because if you had, you would know that doing so is pissing in the wind. Fighting the bureaucracy is not going to work because it's not an even fight. The people involved on their side are getting paid to fight you, are not held accountable for what they do or whether they win or lose and have waaaaay more resources than you will ever have. "They" are the 800 pound gorilla in the fight that will smash you like an ant. I was once on a job where we were replacing an existing landscape tie retaining with a segmental retaining wall (interlocking blocks). This wall was about 3' high at it's highest point. Most towns don't require permits for these type of walls below 4" in height so we didn't get a permit for it. The building inspector showed up at a house just up the street where a different contractor had gotten some permits for what he was doing. After the inspector was done there he came to our job site and wanted to know why we didn't have a permit for the wall and told my guys to stop working on it. When I called his office and spoke to him he told me I needed a permit, I asked him at what height wall is a permit necessary. He said "well, I go two and a half feet", which translates to: "I'm going to make up whatever I want". Now at this point I have to make a decision, do you try to fight this? Which would involve paying a lawyer and probably going to court several months and THOUSANDS of dollars later and in the mean time your not working, your not getting paid by your customer, your employees are not working so they're going to get a job with some else. OR do you give them the $120 dollars they wanted for the permit (which I can recoup from the customer anyway) and get back to working right away? It's not a hard business decision to make, I need to eat and so do my employees, and since your efforts to to fight city hall will not change ANYTHING, why put yourself though that? The inspector will not lose his job, it's not even going to stop him from pulling the same BS on the next person he comes across. It's legalized extortion, it's wrong, but that's the way it is. If you really want to effect change, run for Mayor/Governor and then you can have some meaningful ability to do something if you get elected.

You should really stop thinking that the dealers are to blame for things like this, the NJSP FIU is like a lot of other government bureaucracies that regulate things. If you call them 10 times to ask them the same exact question on a matter that has not been total clearly established, you will get 10 different answers, some of which will directly contradict what you were told earlier. Since the FIU has the ability to get a SFL revoked for what they believe to be violations, a dealer must be very cautious in what they do. Even if the NJSP is wrong about something, if a dealer has to go to court to fight a suspension it will cost them a lot of money and the expense could put them out of business just fighting it. I'll give you another analogy, If you put an addition on your home, and you studied all the building code rules. When the building code inspector comes to inspect your work and says "I want to see this done this way" and refuses to pass your work until you do it the way he wants it even though you know the way you did it is code, what do you do? If you fight him, he'll probably drag the project out with every little detail and you won't get your CO for months. Or, do you make the small changes he wants (even though you know your way was code) and not have any further issues with the inspector for the remainder of your project? Sometimes it's better to accept a little BS than deal with a headache or nightmare later. In business this becomes a much simpler judgement call.

You can buy handgun ammo in NJ with a carry license - any carry license, does not have to be a NJ carry license (yeah, another example where the law and practice diverge).

Bobcats have always been around in rural areas of NJ, I remember seeing one while deer hunting in Blairstown 20 years ago. There's more of them nowadays than there was back then, so I'm not surprised to hear more people are seeing them with more frequency.

IIRC you had to own them before the safe act was passed back in January. I would imagine this would mean own them as a NY resident before January, so you may not be able to bring them and register them now - look into it. Your handguns will need to be registered and you will probably have to send them to an FFL to hold them until you get your NY handgun permit to keep them in your house - these permits need to be renewed every 5 years or they will come looking for you.

I brought this up because I wanted to show what a farce the hearing is, the granting of these permits was predetermined because these guys all worked for an armored security company. I used to live in one the towns mentioned as "dangerous" and was thinking if they can justify giving out a permit for working there I should be able to get a permit for living there, but we all know that will never happen under current rules.

If you want something different and it's a good price, go for it, they're not bad guns at all - they, like all French guns, get little respect because they never were a main player in any wars, but they are well made, function well, are reasonably ergo-dynamic, and reasonably accurate.

The hearings for these carry permits work like this: The prosecutor asks leading questions to the applicant, such as: Q) who do you work for? A) XYZ security company Q) What do you do for this company? A) I carry money and other valuables - or - I refill ATM machines with money - etc. Q) What areas do you work in? A) (fill in whatever cities/towns you want here because the answer doesn't matter - towns such as Chester, Parsippany, Hackettstown and Dover get mentioned along with some actual high crime locations). Q)Are these dangerous locations where there Is a great risk of you being robbed while working? A) Yes (a necessary answer or your carry permit will be denied - they will ask you the same question over again if you answer it wrong until you get the answer correct). The prosecutor then asks questions about what weapon they will carry, and if they have the required training. The the prosecutor will present the "letter of need" from the employer to the judge. If everything is in order, the prosecutor will "recommend" (as thought this wasn't all predetermined) that the judge grant the license. The judge rubber stamps the paperwork.

PPU makes ammo for these (assuming it's still in 7.5 French and hasn't been converted to 7.62) and is readily available at gun shows or online, your local NJ gun shop is less likely to have it though...... I have a 49/56, but haven't shot it. I have a MAS 36 that I have shot, and will say it's a lot nicer than a lot of people give French guns credit for.......very comfortable to shoot, good sights and accurate. If you're getting it for a good price, they're not bad guns. If you're looking for a rifle with history, as Nick said, a Garand is a better way to go.

From what I recall, they bought Beretta's tooling as well, hence the 92 clones.

You should just go for an exemption if you have 3 waiting, You'll get that quick if your PD doesn't sit on it, last one I did (recently) got turned around to me in 8 days............

Yeah, but he shouldn't pay shipping, which is likely to be more than $25

Not going to happen without the legislature and the Gov. changing the law. The state tested photo radar out in the early 90's (when the speedlimit on the highways was still 55MPH)......it created such an outrage that the legislature passed a bill to ban it. Too bad they didn't include red light cameras was well.

Until you get rear ended at one of these intersections, then you will have to worry about it.

Obviously you have never tried to fight a ticket in municipal court.......... they are ticket mills, designed to find you guilty. I once fought a careless driving ticket from an accident where the cop cited excessive speed as the reason for issuing it. I was able to get the cop to admit (in so many words) that he had no real idea how fast I was going..........I was found guilty anyway.

Target shooting shouldn't be a problem if you're on your buddy's property and there is no law prohibiting discharging in that area. Wandering around the woods with loaded firearms is considered hunting in most states (I believe PA included), and if you don't have a license, are out of season, not using the correct firearm, not wearing orange or enough orange you could be setting yourself up for some expensive tickets if you run into a game warden.

NJ law is silent on acquisition of firearms out of state by NJ residents, so federal law applies. As far as proving you possess a firearm within the exemptions NJ law allows for, that would apply to all firearms (as defined under NJ law) regardless of how you acquired them. Whether you bought a handgun from a NJ dealer with a permit and NICS check, or inherited the handgun from your uncle who lived in Montana and have no paperwork for it, or bought the handgun using your C&R license in Ohio, would not be relevant in a case where the legality of possession is being questioned.

NJ: It's all about total control.

I have one of these tools, well worth keeping around. OP - you will learn quickly that muzzleloading is very gadget oriented (and even more so if you plan to hunt with one).

^^^THIS^^^^ I shoot Winchester Partition Gold in 2 3/4". I used Winchester BRI in 3" before that. Every shot was a through and through, and I've taken out a half dozen deer or so at + - 100 yards. When I took the NJ F&G bear course they said that they found that sabots penetrated the bears better than rifled slugs. They found the people hunting with rifled slugs had to shoot the bears multiple times to kill them (sometimes as many as 8-10 shots), anyone who killed a bear with a single shot was using sabots.

You may also need to attend a hearing depending on what county you live in. There is usually only one judge in each county that signs off on carry and state firearms retailers licenses, some of these judges insist on having you show up for a hearing and give testimony on why you need the license.