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When not out of the country for my work, I spend 6-8 weeks each year working out of my company's Houston and smaller Texas offices. Houston is comprised primarily of transplants now, and my wife and I have many friends who are included in those transplants (including my best friend who left the Bay Area). The unemployment rate, in my estimation, is a bit off because of the monster retail job boom throughout the state. Strip malls are more common in Texas than any state! So people in need of employment take those positions which really may not be your profession. I'm considering more and more of moving my wife and I to Texas. While born and spending my childhood in NJ, as did my wife, we spent much time away from it living in "free states" and only came back because of an offer from my employer that would have been crazy to turn down. Now, I'm in a position where I could transfer seamlessly to the company's Houston operations, and having my NJ property taxes double in 3 years, an abundance of taxes on everything, incredibly stringent gun laws, terrible State government (I have to deal with it professionally at many levels) really makes it hard to justify staying... Real estate in Houston has good availability and the dollar goes a long way. Gun friendly is an understatement. The only problem is the several months of extremely oppressing heat in the summer... Now if I were retiring, Utah.

Before going further, first check your homeowner's or renter's insurance. Many policies have a small inclusion that will cover a couple guns, and you can always get a rider for more coverage. Check your NRA mailings as well as you can buy additional coverage as well. If you are a collector as I am, you may want to have a policy specifically written for my firearms.

Not crazy. I remember in my younger years the K-mart in Glassboro selling a wide selection of long guns, ammo, and target pistols. Later the pistol case was nothing but knives and BB/pellet guns, but the long guns persisted into the late 80s for certain. K-mart turned the retail of firearms primarily over to Sports Authority, which they bought sometime around 88-90. Now, the real questions is for the grey-hairs like me, do you remember when the Sears on the corner of Landis & Delsea sold firearms in-store (they certainly did) and the Two Guys (where the super Walmart sits on Landis today) selling long guns and ammo?

I'd say there are 100+ million. TIme and again study has shown that many gun owners do not like to identify themselves as such. There are 310 million KNOWN privately owned guns in the US, but you have to realize that's based on when they started keeping track in some fashion. There are plenty of unknowns, and I'd venture that could make that number closer to 400 million.

Sorry, but you are mistaken! The State of NJ has been all over Use Tax violations for several years now. Ask anyone you might know who bought mail order cigarettes in quantity and frequently. If they had more staff on-hand, I'm sure they'd police it to smaller dollar amounts. Magically, if by some sixth sense, the tax man had no problem sniffing around the purchase of the collection I made last year... The ONLY way NJ would have ever known about this was the paperwork NJ ever saw was the stack of purchase permits for the handguns under my exemption transfer. Can you get away with it, most likely. Saying not to worry about it is sort of bold to someone looking for facts. Particularly because it is grounds for revocation of your FPID. The duplicates out of the purchase permits seem to live on instead of being destroyed as the law suggests should be (i.e., no registry).

Ditto in my email.

Actually, you are to pay Use Tax to NJ.

Can it come back to bite the buyer = YES! I'm specifically referring to incorrect completion of the purchase permit. I had this happen with one FTF and had to reach out to the seller and get notarized statement from him and get it to the NJSP and my local PD. Believe it or not, they do check them. With that said, I have done almost 2 dozen FTFs since being back in NJ and that one instance was the only hiccup, and it was really only due to poor handwriting and I didn't catch it. I always make sure that the permit is completed right at time of transfer, copies seperated, and sealed in pre-addressed, stampled envelopes I provide to the seller.

Yo PB! I just got back into the country for Xmas. Great to be back around my Smiths and Sigs! I'd be lying if I said I didn't have some examples in the safe high on "coolness" and low on functionality, but I balance those with the high on coolness and superb on functionality such as my trove of 547s. I'd have to agree with your reasoning given the OP of the WTB wants used, which sounds like a case of having it for "just in case carry" and not flinging full-house Magnums out of it every range session. Not a bad choice for backpacking/hiking/camping. Personally, I prefer to carry a M25 in .45LC when in the woods, and when in mountain country, I'm carrying it with a lever-gun in .45LC.

1911 a novalty? Phooey! Masterful engineering by a man far ahead of his time and why that platform continues to have sound popularity! A Sig P220 - pick your size, trigger, and grip with a few magazines certainly would be comforting. One of my carries when outside NJ is a P220 Carry IWB with 2 mags IWB on my left. Around the house (no kids), you'll find a 686 CS-1 in my nightstand, a 686+ in the end table, and a 66 in my desk. Any one sufficient to put down a BG with .357Mag, or get me to the ready-to-go Remi 1100 or my safe (look out BG if the Mrs is home as she'll go right for the 1100 ).

Certainly a 92 is a great choice, I have 3 of them in my collection currently. Since I'm a Sig guy, I thought it relevant to point out to you that Sigs can be had with a variety of trigger mechanisms (DA/SA, DAK, SAO, SRT); standard and slim triggers; beavertail or non-beavertail frame; and, E2 or standard grip, and with standard grips the sky is the limit for panels out there. What this equates to is that you have many options for getting a fit, feel, and performance you like. So, as you build your collection off that 92, don't rule out other makes based on one experience handling one model with one configuration.

What are you looking to pay for the B-D? I have a friend who owns a gun shop in Texas with a dozen in stock. I believe all are standard sights and he could probably work out a mag swap for NJ-compliant capacity.

As a result of eye injury from a car accident, I was transformed into left eye dominant, right-hand shooter. For me, it's been serious re-training of muscle memory to switch over to shooting long gun as a lefty. I am not the expert shot I once was either. I find handgun was much easier to adapt. If I shoot Weaver, canting my head works just fine. However, I rarely shoot Weaver outside of when I'm instructing. I've developed my own personal stance that allows me to be every bit as accurate as I was when I competed before the accident. My real point is that for every exceptional cross-eye dominant handgun shooter I've ever known and come by, they have all spent hours of practice with trial and error to see what works successfully for them. I think handguns and cross-eye dominance is more easily compensated than dealing with the issue with long guns. Beyond this, google up Brian Enos.

We legal and responsible firearms owners need to be obstacles NOW. Write your representatives, be heard.

Well, I have not seen any law in NJ trumping the Federal on the 72-hour period, and am curious what FFLs working in NJ do... Up until the events of the 14th, my FFLs have gotten instant clearance by phone, including some pretty large exemption transfers. Now, like many, I'm stuck waiting in limbo because my FFL cannot fax to the 900 number NJ NICS has due to his telcomm carrier blocking 900/976.

Be thankful your FFL could actually fax them! Most of the NJ FFL's I know use digital providers that block the 900/976 calls altogether. I've got a rare Smith waiting in the safe and had my permit since the 14th, but my FFL has FiOS and Verizon does not have the ability to unblock the 900/976 calls, and have advised the only solution is for him to get copper line back for the fax. Sheesh. It's bad enough NJ went with the POC instead of Federal NICS directly, but to then use a system inaccessible due to once widespread abuse (i.e., phone sex numbers) instead of stepping into the modern age of the internet is nuts! I miss the days of just going in, buying, and walking out because I held a state CCW, then I moved back to NJ...

NJ requirements have not changed so ANYTHING a local PD requires of you outside of the WRITTEN law is illegal! There is NO spousal consent or notification required in NJ, and it is up to the local police how references are checked and a questionaire or phone call common, and some PDs like to make it inconvenient and have the reference provide their feedback notarized. Now, with the ILLEGAL request of your PD for photos and driver's license, generally just informing the NJSP Firearms Bureau will handle that as it always results in a call to the PD to discuss the matter. Personally, there is no way would I allow the local LEO to "mug me" into his books for a handgun permit.

Indeed, but our country was founded on this very principle - to fight for rights. Unfortunately, it's on our own soil and due to how corrupt our government has become that has gone beyond our forefather's best attempts to protect our individual Rights. Be heard. I'm sure every one of NJ's legal firearms owners is fed up with our tax money being used to battle our firearms ownership - i.e., our own money used against us. Be heard.

OMG! For a young fellow, he's actually reporting on US History that I was taught in my PUBLIC high school in S.Jersey, many, many, many gray hairs ago and something I know isn't taught as it should be today. Bravo.

This is simple. LET OUR LAWMAKERS HEAR THE VIEWS OF WE LEGAL, RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERS. Time to start writing them, and if bills are introduced, get the petitions going. Our government is supposed to be for the people, by the people, but we already know it's unbalanced. We in their crosshairs need to stand strong,be rational, educate, and leave the emotion aside. IMHO, of course.

Law says you can transfer then, no? The unit only closed for Christmas, and are open Saturdays, so those requests passed 72 hours.

What puzzles me the most is that half the States that pretty much form the birthplace of the United States of America work the hardest to infringe upon the Rights established by this country's founding fathers... Infringe upon the Bill of Rights (beyond the Second)... Burdensome taxation... Tyrannical rule... History does repeat itself...

After having one for the better part of a decade, I moved back to NJ because of work. Learned how to navigate the process a bit better from advice here, on my own, and a couple of mutual learning experiences for all parties in the permitting process. One thing that became quickly clear is that my 03FFL should be given up, but then learned that doing collector's exemptions aren't at all bad provided they're legit. Those that review the exemption at NJSP can be thorough too - I've been called about in-production guns on the exemption, but letting them know they came with acquiring the collection cleared it up. An 01FFL willing to hold onto a quantity of firearms for you a must, and better yet if you have one willing to negotiate a fair price for a group transfer.

Too many variables for a crisp answer under NJ's gun laws. IMO

Dang it! There's go my plans to unwind tonight! Got some reading to do! OP: Thanks for posting all in one place with links! I normally hunt and peck and this is so much better!