Mr.Stu

Is that a blanket statement? Maybe you have come across one that doesn't know the law, but the majority will transfer a stripped lower as an other firearm. There are 3 boxes to choose from on the 4473 - "Handgun", "Long Gun (rifle or shotgun)" and "Other Firearm (frame, receiver, etc.)" A stripped lower is neither a handgun or a long gun, but is clearly a receiver.

Dude! You need a holster for that!

For inexpensive single action fun I have heard decent things about the Heritage Rough Rider which is a .22. I have an Uberti Cattleman which is a clone of a Colt 1893 - mine is chambered in .357 mag. It's fun to play with. However, my Uberti sits in the safe most of the time. If you're looking for a revolver that you'll actually use look into a double action S&W or Ruger.

That's easy - by selling these scary ideas to the uninformed masses and then fixing the imagined problems the politicians get themselves voted back in time and again. If they hadn't done that and grabbed all the power, how would they be able to force you to submit to their Covid lockdowns - they have surely saved your life and you should be grateful! /sarc

If you're going to leave it in FL, look at the short barreled Kriss Vector. The CRB version is kinda heavy, but the shorty is pretty well balanced, I think.

You will only be arrested/charged for breaking any of the numerous NJ statutes. There is no statute that says you must keep a receipt for any firearm acquired. I have transferred guns to friends with no money changing hands at all - no receipt to retain. So long as you complied with the law when you acquired the pistol you're fine. Assuming you acquired it while a NJ resident so you will have executed a Permit to Purchase a Pistol (and form of register). A copy of that will have been sent to your issuing PD as well as the State Police. You also got a copy, but there is no penalty for losing it. Buying the pistol online is irrelevant as it would have been sent to an FFL in NJ and they would have done the background check before transferring it to you. What you can be arrested/charged with is possessing it in circumstances prohibited in the statutes. Where you obtained it is secondary.

Withdrawn as I can't get there before Joe needs to sell.

He is only a murderer if he intended to kill the victim. Guilty of homicide, for sure. Not necessarily murder. Consider if you shot and killed someone in self defense. You would have caused the death of that someone, but it would not have been murder. There are other degrees of homicide between a justified killing and murder, too.

I have heard good things from friends in the competition world. I haven't shot one, myself.

Take a cab from the next town over? Pay cash.

The springs will lose some of their tension after being worked a few times. When you get your uplula, squeeze in that 10th round and let the mag sit for a week or two. It will get easier. There is also a bit of a knack to loading mags. I can typically fill new ones by hand, but I have been doing it for close to 30 years.

It just means I found my target audience - you're no worse than I am, but that doesn't say much

If you're involved in a shooting make sure you mag dump. That way the perp is in possession of the hollowpoints, not you. /sarc

Sharing what we know is a large part of why we're here, isn't it? All part of the conversation you alluded to. I hadn't known the difference either until a couple of weeks ago when I was gifted some Critical Duty by a friend. "This is serious stuff" he said. Fortunately that is an unpublished opinion so it not binding, but may be illustrative of the judicial mindset.

As I understand it, you work with vehicles a lot (repair shop?) so it may be worth looking at Critical Duty for work. Critical Duty is barrier blind whereas Critical Defense is not so Duty will perform better if you need to shoot through a car door or windscreen.

There is nothing that I can see anywhere that stipulates this. There are too many possibilities for a gun to come into someone's possession legally without any official paper trail. In eyeinstine's example the gun was inherited through marital shared property so most likely was never recorded as a transfer anywhere - and frankly it is none of the government's business what happened before they decided to take control.

Yes. You do not need to have any permission slips to part with a firearm, only to acquire one.

You do not need to go to an FFL. The instructions on how to execute a pistol permit that is exempt from the NICS check can be found here: https://www.njsp.org/firearms/pdf/Person_Person_transfer_NICS_exemption.pdf

New guns are shipped with rust preventing grease, not lubricating oil. They will function, most likely, but it is better to clean that thick gunk off and lube correctly. It is also better to clean the grease out of the bore before firing too.

EFMJ is legal in NJ, but then again so are hollowpoints for all but one thing mere mortals are allowed to do with it (i.e. have it in your possession other than at an exempt location to travelling directly to/from) There are much better choices these days. Hornady Critical Defense and Critical Duty, Speer Gold Dot G2, etc. with a filled hollowpoint are equally not hollowpoints.

Walmart in Clinton usually has them - about $7 for a box of 90. They have them on a pallet right next to the sporting goods counter where you can get your hunting license. I wouldn't get them shipped to your home - most of them will be broken.

One more thing - keep refreshing the appointments page on the MVC website. Cancellations happen and you may be able to grab an appointment sooner. Also, new appointments are added between 11:30pm and midnight so it may be worth checking again then too. I needed an appointment to add an M endorsement to my DL and there were none available. As in not any, at all, not even far into the future. By refreshing the appointment page I was able to snag one an hour away from my home within a day. I took the drive because it was better than never getting it done. 3 weeks later I got a reply to the query I submitted to MVC asking how to book an appointment when they weren't offering any and the reply was completely useless. Good luck

You do not need a drivers license at all to get your FPIC. You need to supply proof of ID and proof of address. An NJ drivers license satisfies both these things in a single document so is used out of convenience by most. However, proof of ID can be established with a passport which is valid country wide and does not show your address. Your out of State DL is also proof of ID, but not proof of address and will likely confuse whoever is processing your application. Proof of address can be satisfied with a property tax bill, a valid property rental agreement or a utility bill. I am not sure of your circumstances, but if you are temporarily renting while you find your permanent home, don't bother starting the process - you will just have to do it all over again when you move.

There is no NJ statute that defines a knife by size. If you carry a knife every day you just need an explainable lawful purpose. There is no limit to what lawful purpose you use, so long is it is not self defense. My knife is used to open boxes frequently and there is tape residue on it which could be proof if it is ever challenged. Your knife has a seat belt cutting blade at the back of the handle - perfectly lawful in case of emergency.

You do not need to have your drivers license updated. You do need to provide proof of ID and proof of address. A DL does both very conveniently, but you can supply separate documents. E.g. passport and your signed rental agreement, property tax bill, utility bill, etc. There is no requirement that you be able to drive to acquire a firearm.