Dad wants to give me his guns......

[Newtonian 453]

This is a philosophic question. I am not condoning anything here, just bringing up a point.

 

Let's say dear old dad physically transfers these guns to you next time you see him. You put them into the trunk of your car, cased, and drive them home.

 

There is no gun registration in NJ, so there is no way for a prosecutor -- should you be caught with these firearms in some hypothetical manner -- to prove that you did not buy them legally years ago, and have simply lost the paperwork, or gained possession at a point in time when it was legal to do so. 

 

Look at what has to happen for them to snag you, assuming you follow all the laws and rules.

 

*You car must get stopped by a cop

* What are the chances, barring you doing or saying something idiotic, that he will search your car?

* If he does search it, and finds the firearms, you tell him you're driving to the range

* He has to be mad enough to confiscate the guns anyway

* Let's say they can trace the guns to your father. Your defense is he gave them to you before it was illegal to do so

 

Where is the case against you?

 

Again, I'm not advocating doing this, just illustrating a likely chain of increasingly unlikely events, and the likely conclusion if every single thing goes wrong.

[KWGOOD1980 0]

Basically that you're not a prohibited person - i.e. felon, misdemeanor dv, mentally ill etc. 

 

This.  So if you're bat-shit insane and have been treated for it, etc etc etc.