Can I take my wife's pistol to the range without her? Legally registered of course.

Legally, no.

YES YOU CAN, you are allowed to transport a firearm without ownership directly to and to and from the shooting range, LEGALLY YES. What are you going to do pull out your pink slip of your pistol permit and saw "look see i bought it"?

Q6.

 

 

How do you transport firearms?

 

 

A6.

 

 

Firearms shall be carried unloaded and contained in a closed and fastened case, gunbox, securely tied package, or locked in the trunk of the automobile in which it is being transported.

 

Ammunition must be transported in a separate container and locked in the trunk of the automobile in which it is being transported.If the vehicle does not have a compartment separate from the passenger compartment, the firearm must be in a locked container other than the vehicle's glove compartment or console.

this is from this site http://www.state.nj.us/njsp/faq.html

YES YOU CAN, you are allowed to transport a firearm without ownership directly to and to and from the shooting range, LEGALLY YES. What are you going to do pull out your pink slip of your pistol permit and saw "look see i bought it"?

 

this is from this site http://www.state.nj.us/njsp/faq.html

 

You can transport it, but you can't use it at the range. She has to be there for a temporary transfer.

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As long as you don't do anything stupid, will the range really know it's not your gun? Do they check? Of course if you're a guy and pull out a pink lady smith or a hello kitty AR then they might ask.

Of course if you're a guy and pull out a pink lady smith or a hello kitty AR then they might ask.

 

Or they might question your sexuality

 

Don't ask/don't tell?

Whithout her present, it would be an illegal tranfer. Whether you may be caught or not is another matter. Whith that being said, I strongly advise against doing anything you have to worry about being caught at! Always remember that firearms are illigal in NJ! Therefore the burdan of proof will ALWAYS be on you!

I think it's different since she's your wife.

We just had experience with something like this; Leaving the range one day we bumped into the instructor that does the classes there. Girlfriend was making arrangements to take one and asked if she could bring the gun that she was shooting that day. Instructor said that as long as she had the permit for it yes, otherwise if it was mine, no go.

I think it's different since she's your wife.

 

Interesting topic. Interesting angle, there might be different interpretations if the gun is your wife's as opposed to your friend's.

Interesting topic. Interesting angle, there might be different interpretations if the gun is your wife's as opposed to your friend's.

 

I'm pretty sure there is no ambiguity. It is either your gun or not your gun. Your relationship to a different person doesn't come into the equation.

I guess this is a two part question. 1)travel 2)range time. I'll take this up with the powers that be at the range I am a member,Cherry Ridge. When we signed up as members, if I remember correctly, we checked off a transfer type waiver that allows just that- a transfer at the range between members so you can check out your buds gun, a "special" benefit of membership. However as stated in my OP my wife will not be with me so there's the trick question. I'll just need to confirm the part of having her gun and traveling without her part.

I'm pretty sure there is no ambiguity. It is either your gun or not your gun. Your relationship to a different person doesn't come into the equation.

 

I find the law stuff immensely interesting. Hypothetically speaking, and not to get too far off on a tangent:

 

Case 1: You're home alone, an armed intruder breaks into your house, you grab your wife's weapon and use justifiable deadly force.

 

Case 2: Your wife has an FID and you do not, You're home alone, an armed intruder breaks into your house, you grab your wife's weapon and use justifiable deadly force.

 

Are you facing any illegal possession of a firearm charges?

Marriage is 50/50. On EVERYTHING! My guns are her guns. She has the right to them for whatever reason same as I do.

I find the law stuff immensely interesting. Hypothetically speaking, and not to get too far off on a tangent:

 

Case 1: You're home alone, an armed intruder breaks into your house, you grab your wife's weapon and use justifiable deadly force.

 

Case 2: Your wife has an FID and you do not, You're home alone, an armed intruder breaks into your house, you grab your wife's weapon and use justifiable deadly force.

 

Are you facing any illegal possession of a firearm charges?

 

We've had this discussion before. Inside the home, the answer is no.