When transferring a handgun between family members, is a brother-in-law exempt from the NICS check? The wording of the statute ends with “by blood or by law”. It seems that an in law would be included.

5 minutes ago, Joe Rambo said:

is a brother-in-law exempt from the NICS check?

No.  Not considered immediate family by law.

Thanks

@JohnnyB, that makes no sense in reality. (Yes, I know, very little makes sense in the laws of the Glorious Peoples Republik of New Jerseystan)

A simple, and completely legal workaround to this situation would be for @Joe Rambo to transfer to his wife (allowed NICS-free) then wife transfers to her blood brother (also NICS-free)

No muss, no fuss (except for burning the extra permit(s)

This fucking state sucks balls.

8 hours ago, njJoniGuy said:

This fucking state sucks balls.

Agreed, but paying for 2 transfers is a lot more expense than a NICs.

1 hour ago, JohnnyB said:

Agreed, but paying for 2 transfers is a lot more expense than a NICs.

My assumption (yes, I know!) was that Joe and his BIL are both NJ residents. No FFL necessary to do immediate family transfers, therefore NO TRANSFER FEES.

But the expensive part (<$100) is that Joe's wife needs to have a PPP to burn and she can only get that by applying for her FID. Obviously, the BIL needs a PPP too.

If BIL is out of state, entire transfer needs to go through an FFL in his home state and the immediate family rules do not apply.

We’re in NJ; he’s married to my sister who is not licensed so looks like we’re taking a ride to our local FFL

Thanks to all who replied