410guy

The more i think about this, the less sense it makes. 2 different answers from the same office. Perhaps there are two different women answering the phone? One of which is misinformed? Either that, or is it perhaps they are nowhere near getting the records restored and are just telling us all sorts of shit? Anyone's guess i suppose. I found out i won't be able to get in touch with the detective until Tuesday (Nutley PD) to try and find out the real story. If this nonsense is going to continue for months i might just ask him to cancel my app, tired of all the waiting and the frustration. At this point id rather put the $1000 i was going to spend on two pistols into my "move the hell outta NJ" savings fund instead. At least i already have the FID, i really feel for the guys who are applying for the Initial FID and trying to get their first gun and having to deal with this crap.

Wow. Ill be calling my PD on Monday and ask to speak to the detective in charge of processing apps. He was very nice in my past dealings with him, maybe he can fill me in on the real story.

Awesome news. This may help take the wind out of the sails of the gun bills about to get to the senate.

So last week they were telling us "next week", now that next week is here it will be up "hopefully by next week" again. Uggh. This would be hilarious if it wasnt for the fact that our civil rights are being violated. Thanks for nothing NRA....guess they left us for dead years ago.

Wonder how long the backlog is...hope i don't have to wait weeks just for them to catch up to the late October apps. Tempted to call my PD's firearms guy and ask for an update but i don't want to be a pain, he was very nice throughout this whole ordeal and is probably overworked right now. Lets keep each other posted, any news is good news!

Trust me, I know its not going to be easy for me to uproot my whole life and move elsewhere. That's why I'm using the next 3-5 years as a realistic time frame to get out. But I feel like with all the recent events, the writing is on the wall for gun ownership in this state. My parents are soon retiring and getting out as well...they don't even own firearms or give a shit about gun laws, but they are tired of being taxed to death and want to be able to retire comfortably. There is the noble notion of staying and fighting till the bitter end, but i just don't have the stomach for it...nor would i want to still be a "subject" here if/when things get way worse down the line.. I have been doing my part writing to the assembly, senate, and Christie, but only to try to assure that my gun rights will be safe for the next few years until I'm ready to pull up my stakes and GTFO. This state is just too far gone.

I feel like we are just fighting for time. I think even if we win this round, the gun grabbers in the legislature will just keep trying in years to come. I fear this having to desperately fight to preserve our rights will become the new norm. They will just try to make our lives so miserable by creating so many hurdles, obstacles, and expenses to gun ownership that we just give up. We are safe with Christie as governor but once he leaves office, god knows who will replace him. So my wife and I have drafted a five year plan to move the hell out of NJ. I've had enough of this walking on eggshells and jumping through hoops just to have permission to exercise a constitutional right. I have lived my entire life in this state and love it dearly, but I give up. Abandon ship.

I predict Christie vetoing most of the bills, and maybe signing a few of the more minor ones into law. I think if he signs the 10 round limit, he can kiss his 2016 presidential ambitions goodbye. He would be on every Republican's shit list and as a result, have no hope at grabbing the party nomination. As far as the 5 year FID renewal is concerned, Christie is a fiscal conservative. True, the state would get more money from renewal application fees every 5 years, but think of the extra manpower that would be needed at the state police, local PD detective bureaus, and county mental health adjuster's offices to process all of the extra applications. Plus the money that would be needed to upgrade the FID to a photo ID system. I just don't see Christie justifying all of spending. I have some faith in the big guy coming through for us, at least on the worst of the bills.

Wow finally!!! Looks like we will be able to get our permits/cards before any of these F-ed up bills take effect (if signed into law)

Id bet on no. Since we already have a 15 round limit, Christie will probably veto.

Ill be buying revolvers. Not sure what is going to happen with all this insane pending legislation so im going to hold off on any more semi autos

Nutley resident here. Still waiting on permits. Originally applied about a week before sandy (late October). Thanks for all your efforts guys, hoping they will be coming soon.