Last evening, I was having a conversation with my in law relatives who were up here in NJ for a funeral. One uncle was from Georgia, and the other uncle from North Carolina. We were discussing hunting, and I was invited down whenever to go hog hunting being both relatives have over 100 acres of property and unlimited piggies running around.

 

The conversation turned to hand guns. I mentioned that I just got permits to purchase and was considering a 44 mag for handgun hunting. When I mentioned the word permit, they asked if I was talking about CCW. I then explained what you had to do in NJ to get pistol purchase permits. They could not understand for the life of them why NJ thought their system was better than NICS which ends up getting called anyway.

 

One uncle said he sits on the back porch and shoots for fun. The other uncle talks about how he carries either CCW or just in his car. He told me last week, he was in a motor vehicle spot check set up on a back road. The officer checked his DL and registration and said you are good to go. He then asked the officer if she was curious as to why he had a pistol in his door pocket. Her response: "no, this is Georgia, everyone has them".

 

On top of being sad from the whole funeral experience, I felt even more depressed after the gun conversation!

Last evening, I was having a conversation with my in law relatives who were up here in NJ for a funeral. One uncle was from Georgia, and the other uncle from North Carolina. We were discussing hunting, and I was invited down whenever to go hog hunting being both relatives have over 100 acres of property and unlimited piggies running around.

 

The conversation turned to hand guns. I mentioned that I just got permits to purchase and was considering a 44 mag for handgun hunting. When I mentioned the word permit, they asked if I was talking about CCW. I then explained what you had to do in NJ to get pistol purchase permits. They could not understand for the life of them why NJ thought their system was better than NICS which ends up getting called anyway.

 

One uncle said he sits on the back porch and shoots for fun. The other uncle talks about how he carries either CCW or just in his car. He told me last week, he was in a motor vehicle spot check set up on a back road. The officer checked his DL and registration and said you are good to go. He then asked the officer if she was curious as to why he had a pistol in his door pocket. Her response: "no, this is Georgia, everyone has them".

 

On top of being sad from the whole funeral experience, I felt even more depressed after the gun conversation!

 

I agree with you. Yet we have the worst gun crime in the nation (or, at least close to it.) I'm thinking of moving to Pennsylvania. My brother lives in Tennessee, and everyone else is here in NJ. I do NOT want to live in NJ, but I want to be close to my family. I figure PA at least has decent gun rights.

NJ is a liberal state. You should know better than to be borned here LOL.

One thing that is important to consider is population density not just for the entire state but for an urban or city area.

Last evening, I was having a conversation with my in law relatives who were up here in NJ for a funeral. One uncle was from Georgia, and the other uncle from North Carolina. We were discussing hunting, and I was invited down whenever to go hog hunting being both relatives have over 100 acres of property and unlimited piggies running around.

 

The conversation turned to hand guns. I mentioned that I just got permits to purchase and was considering a 44 mag for handgun hunting. When I mentioned the word permit, they asked if I was talking about CCW. I then explained what you had to do in NJ to get pistol purchase permits. They could not understand for the life of them why NJ thought their system was better than NICS which ends up getting called anyway.

 

One uncle said he sits on the back porch and shoots for fun. The other uncle talks about how he carries either CCW or just in his car. He told me last week, he was in a motor vehicle spot check set up on a back road. The officer checked his DL and registration and said you are good to go. He then asked the officer if she was curious as to why he had a pistol in his door pocket. Her response: "no, this is Georgia, everyone has them".

 

On top of being sad from the whole funeral experience, I felt even more depressed after the gun conversation!

 

Sounds like a distant dream...

welcome to my nightmare! I moved here from georgia 6 years ago and i about hate every second since. I went hunting many weekends and had my ccw. it's funnier I feel more persecuted now that I'm living underneath all these rules in nj.