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Don't be surprised if a Maine FFL balks at filling out a NJ form (COE), a lot of out of state dealers don't care about NJ laws.

So......... does that mean that this http://www.airgundepot.com/samyang-909-rifle.html is not a firearm under NJ law?

It's debatable if a belt is a "container" in the first place........ that being said keeping them to 15 rounds is the safest way to be sure you're in compliance. Having a box of disintegrating links is not illegal since they cannot "continuously feed" into a semi auto unless they were assembled that way, keep them at 15 rounds and you'll be fine.

I was talking to a dealer yesterday that had just been audited by the ATF, and they were asking him why one guy had bought 15 lowers (not sure if they were sold at one time or over a year or so). It didn't seem like they were going to go talk to the buyer, but it did get their attention.

Gun collecting is all the reason you need to get an exemption approved. The age or rarity of the HGs is not relevant, the NJSP has been approving exemptions with brand new, modern, readily available HGs on them. The exemption rules allow for a collector to buy multiple HGs at one time when it is not feasible or practical to buy separately, or when purchasing separately would have an adverse impact on a persons ability to collect HGs or if the HGs have limited availability. If any of this applies to you, you will almost certainly be granted an exemption.

The serial numbers of the handguns on the exemption needs to be read to the NJSP at the time the NICS check is done, I don't know if it would matter if one is missing from the ones listed on the exemption. A better question is: can you transfer a HG that is not on an exemption on the same NICS as an exemption? (assuming more than 30 days has passed since your last HG transfer) As for mailing exemption forms directly to the NJSP: I know people are doing this...... so I called the NJSP to get the address to send it direct..... and was rudely told it HAD TO go through my local PD. Is it asking too much to have the rules and procedures written down somewhere so we can have a clue what do with anything in this state?

Is your mother moving to NJ or just another location in Maine? If she is move here she could transfer it to you once she moves to NJ with only a COE if you have an FID card.

Registration of handguns is voluntary ONLY when you inherit a handgun, move here from another state with a legally purchased handgun, or have owned the handgun since before 1966. All other transfers to non FFLs MUST be done with a PPP and therefore will be registered (or else it would be an illegal transfer).

NICS would have no way of knowing how many long guns or receivers you are buying when a check is done, all they know is you are doing a transfer, the number of firearms transferred is not revealed to them.

Looks great, but a Winnie stock will cost you as much as that rifle.

I'd make a list, but it would probably consume all the space on the server for this forum.

Do you have the same middle name? or only the same middle initial?

I know of some dealers (in NJ and PA) that charge more than cost for NICS fees, they claim the difference is for their time and labor to process the NICS fee. For this reason I always ask what I am going to be charged for the NICS before I finalize any deals, usually I find you can negotiate the fees to what the dealer actually pays. Charging anything more than actual cost for a NICS check is total BS, the work needed to do it is part of general overhead. What else are they going to put on your bill, a surcharge for electricity? a surcharge for their rent/property taxes?

That works if the dealer price is significantly lower than any online prices you can find. Thing is, some online places (like Bud's) sells many firearms for $15 or so over cost, and sales tax is not collected on the transaction, it could still be a better deal to buy online yourself and pay the transfer fee. Does his $40 over cost charge include NICS?

Any gun shop that has any amount of firearms in stock is most likely going to charge a higher transfer fee (especially in NJ) because they want to sell their inventory where they are making $50 -$100 per gun (or more). If they do transfers for $25 - $40, they are going to make less money while their inventory (and the money tied up in it) just sits there. In other words, it's a conflict of interest to do cheap transfers. A place like Lincoln Park TV does not stock any firearms, so they don't have to worry about hurting store sales with cheap transfers. In other states there are a lot of home based FFLs that have little overhead and sell guns for $15 - $20 over cost anyway, so a transfer at that price is the same thing to them.

Lincoln Park TV is $40 with NICS, so how is this a better deal? You buy online, pay LPTV $40, and go home with your new gun - sounds cheaper to me. I didn't know Lee and Sons was still in business, I went in there about 20 years ago and wasn't very impressed, didn't think they were open for the last 15 or so years.

Yes, but some do prohibit missiles and projectiles (their way of prohibiting bow and arrow shooting). My town prohibits discharging all of this, including paintball guns - without a permit.

It was also raining around that time....... was going to go, but baled out when I saw thunderstorms coming. I will agree that Saturday afternoons are usually not too bad.

I was going to ask you about Mass regarding your previous post stating that shipping ammo is federally protected (which is good to know, and I was not aware of). I see A LOT of companies that will not ship any ammo to individuals in Mass or even the components for reloading. I figured they must have a prohibition on shipping it there...... wonder if anyone ever challenged that based on federal law.

Hence the reason I'm still here, and not leaving soon. There's no real money in most of "free America", can't make a decent living with a bad demographic. I need to figure out an internet business I can run from anywhere.

Agreed, NH is better. IIRC suppressors are illegal in VT And on non gun related advantages, NH: -Has no sales tax on most items, VT does (don't recall if NH has state income tax) -Has no helmet law, VT does (even though I don't own a motorcycle, it's the principle) -Has no seat belt law for those over 18, VT does -Has no hunter orange law, this is the same in VT -Better fireworks laws (as Midwest mentioned) -Is more pro business than VT With a state motto of Live Free or Die, it's the mentality that is needed in more governments. I need a change of seasons, so the south and southwest are out for me. As for snow and cold, I plow snow, ice fish and snowmobile, so that is just more opportunity to enjoy the outdoors, it's better than than the heat and humidity anytime.

If you really want a 6906, order one from these people on GB, they'll ship to NJ no problem and they're reasonable and easy to deal with. http://www.gunbroker.com/All/BI.aspx?Keywords=*6906&IncludeSellers=979927

I bought a SAFE from them in November and was not charged sales tax. I recently bought a gun CABINET and was charged sales tax. When I spoke to a manager about it he said he didn't know if it was tax exempt or not, and then said (multiple times) "they" (meaning the accountants in corporate, I presume) "are pretty good at this stuff" (determining what is taxable and what is not). He was speculating that because it was a cabinet and not a safe may be the difference. The above cite from the law mentions "vaults", does anyone know how the state is defining "vaults"?

Thanks again for a smooth transaction.

Does anyone know where in the NJ tax code it states gun locks and safes are exempt from NJ sales tax, I had an argument with the people at Dick's because they charged me sales tax on a gun cabinet. I looked though the sales tax guideline at some length and could not find any mention of gun locks or safes. 1. a. The Legislature finds: New Jersey's commitment to firearms safety is unrivaled anywhere in the nation; New Jersey was the first state to require retail dealers to include, as part of every handgun sale, either a State Police approved trigger lock or a locked case, gun box, container or other secure facility; encourage all firearms owners to practice safe storage, the State has waived all sales taxes on trigger locks, firearms lock-boxes and vaults and, under the "KeepSafe" program, offers an instant $5 rebate to all retail firearms purchasers who buy a compatible trigger locking device along with their firearm;