ryan_j

Wouldn't this be just perfect. We get Drake to resolve right to carry. We sue JC to resolve the FID/PtP situation.

Good. Let it go all the way to the Supreme Court.

Some animals are more equal than others.

There is so much bad grammar and spelling in those forms. It's "Questionnaire" not "Questioner." "All firearms must be stored in a locked case" not a "lock case." Did Charles Mainor design these forms?

I guess breaking one law is OK as long as they don't break another.

This is the ridiculousness that JC residents had to put up with: http://www.scribd.com/doc/220791124/Example-of-Jersey-City-NJ-s-Illegally-Added-Gun-Forms

When are you planning to move? Get your CT pistol (carry) permit first as a NJ resident. It takes about 8 weeks. You can change your address afterwards. Take the NRA basic pistol course, because that's what you'll need. I would contact the guys at CCDL to see if they have any specific info. www.ccdl.us

Congratulations! It was a GREAT feeling when I took the oath in Newark (the only time I've been to Newark other than the airport, lol). Gives you a sense of permanence, the right to vote and other stuff. For me I really felt like an American and felt that America was now my permanent home. I got a pocket copy of the Constitution, declaration of independence and citizens' almanac which I keep and treasure to this day.

Not every time. Last time I just filled out the SB212A online. Maybe different barracks do it differently. I'm in Sussex.

I guess with Jeremy Perez vs Paterson out of the bottle it's only a matter of time before "every town" decides to obey the law.

Wouldn't surprise me then. USCIS/INS/Immigration/whatever is one horribly incompetent agency. I applied back when they were using strictly paper files and they had to get the paper file from some warehouse in Nebraska. President George W Bush computerized the records and everything went much smoother after that. President Obama allowed some things to be applied for online as well now. When I petitioned for my dad he did a lot of stuff online.

ScotusBlog is second hand info. Best to get the info from the docket itself. http://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.aspx?FileName=/docketfiles/13-827.htm

I had no idea we had Firearm OWNER IDs in NJ. We have Firearm PURCHASER ID cards in NJ. One does not need a card to own any firearm in NJ, unless it's a NFA item or assault weapon.

There is nothing else that relates to carry that has been petitioned for a writ of certioari and is currently pending. There are several other cases, most of them in California. There is also Palmer in DC. California and the 9th circuit has a win, currently, by way of Peruta v San Diego. Richards (Yolo county) and Baker (Hawaii) are also wins because of Peruta. Peruta is a win but AG Kamala Harris wants to intervene and appeal for a rehearing en banc. Whether or not she'll be granted that is unclear. But the Sheriff of San Diego County has basically washed his hands of the case. Maryland (4th), New York (2nd) and Mass (1st) are done for now. All three lost at the circuit courts, petitioned to SCOTUS and were denied. Maryland had won at the district but that was reversed by the 4th circuit, and subsequently denied certiorari by SCOTUS. DC has had one case (Palmer) pending for four years. It is unclear if/when this will be resolved, but I suspect it will be if they take Drake. Texas has had a case denied, but involved right to carry for 18-20 year olds. This was McCraw, an NRA suit. Colorado has a sorta carry case, Bonidy v USPS. This involves carry on postal property, such as post office parking lots. They won at the district and it is being appealed. There are a few state cases as well, including Pantano and Almeida in NJ. Pantano is important because it's the only case that the NJ Supreme Court has agreed to hear, and is the first Post-Heller carry case that NJ supreme court will hear. If we lose at the NJ Supreme Court, it can be petitioned for certiorari at the US Supreme Court. Evan Nappen is council. There are a couple of other cases which are pretty insignificant in the whole picture but I should mention them anyway. One of them was Embody v Tennessee which involved open carry of an AK-47 in Tennessee. The Supreme Court turned down that case in the first conference with Drake. There is also Nichols v Brown in California, which also involves open carry. Who knows what will happen to this, but I suspect it will go pretty much nowhere. Oh one last one, Puerto Rico's supreme court issued a decision (in Spanish) which made it a shall issue... ummm... territory? Anyway, PR is now shall issue.

To me the biggest danger about Armslist is encountering an undercover Bloomberg operative who is looking to catch someone making an illegal sale. That said, if it's someone I don't know personally, or can't verify their identity, even if it is NJ I will insist on going through an FFL. The exception would be a handgun sale where you need a permit to purchase and it would be submitted to NJSP. I would have no problem doing that FTF in NJ.

Only one person in recorded history in NJ has ever been killed by a black bear. These are not grizzly bears. Black bears are mostly harmless and if you leave them alone they will leave you alone.

I live in Sussex County. We have black bears up here. I see them at least once per year, but less now that they've been hunting the sh** out of them. I deal with it by avoiding them. but when I'm in the woods on my own property I have my sidearm, just in case. I just wish NJ wasn't so f'ing stupid that I could carry a full size can of bear spray. Spraying it with that would make me feel much better than putting .45 hollow point bullets in it. That said if you shoot a bear just because you see one (unless it's an actual bear hunt, with a license, during the bear season) that is serious and the state wouldn't like it. Might even be a felony.But if it attacks you, and you cannot retreat safely, all bets are off.

At least twice a year sounds like an exaggeration. I, too was a US permanent resident and I was only fingerprinted twice. Once when I applied for my green card, and once when I applied for citizenship. Both times were done using the livescan machine, one time in Queens (NY) and the other time in Hackensack. They only require the prints for new cards, renewal, removal of conditions and naturalization. Maybe if you had another nonimmigrant visa like H-1B or refugee status they'd fingerprint you more often.

Anything to discourage people from owning guns or buying more.

The Peruta case and decision is only binding on the 9th circuit. However other courts may refer to the decision when writing their own opinions. The bigger thing is that it deepened the split in the circuit courts which theoretically now makes Peruta or another case like it more interesting to the Supreme Court to take up. Coincidentally, our case, Drake v Jerejian is almost exactly like Peruta.

Come to think of it, the nonresident question is an interesting one. While in "America" they have reciprocity, shall issue and all that good stuff, some very pro gun states restrict non resident permits. Indiana for example will only issue if you have a business or employment in Indiana, even though they recognize every state's permit. ONE of the the first of these series of SAF lawsuits to hit the circuit courts was one out of Colorado concerning a nonresident permit. It was upheld and SCOTUS denied certiorari. Now my interest in a nonresident permit is not for NY, but for NYC. As far as I know they only issue nonresident business carry permits. But let's hope they take the case first...

NJ may have to rewrite nothing. Non residents should be good as well. Of course NJ could tighten up and say residents only but that requires the action of the legislature and CC's signature.

I too have learned a lot and have a newfound respect for the legal profession. However I'm now truly disgusted that our rights are utterly disrespected by NJ and they were able to get away with it for so long.

I was talking with my dad about this. I am from Trinidad and I am no stranger to Venezuela. The whole of the South American continent has strict gun control yet gun control is completely out of control. It has even spilled over into Trinidad where the drug lords are importing guns en masse and there are literally tons of illegal guns, and people are sometimes just going up to people and shooting them in broad daylight.

Thanks. I will go with the Ruger SR22. I've seen the youtube videos and it does seem to be finnicky with ammo.