A coworker and I were discussing a crazy pistol purchase scenario he came across and we are wondering what the proper way to deal with it is.

 

He got a call from his neighbor a few days ago. Apparently her husband passed away and he had a few guns (shotguns and a pistol) in the house she didn't feel comfortable with the grandkids around and stuff so she asked my coworker if he wanted them. Being a gun guy, of course he does.

 

Here's the rub: of course she has no FID and can't find any paperwork for the guns.

 

Ideas?

She doesn't need to have a Purchaser ID nor is any paperwork required on the guns.

 

*the transaction has to occur normally, COE for long guns, pistol permit for pistols.*

For rifles and shotguns, please see this thread.

 

http://njgunforums.c...723#entry514723

 

For handguns, he will have to apply for the one-gun-a-month waiver in order to take them all in at once. That could take a while knowing most PDs in this state, unless he has permits laying around. Your buddy's other possibility would be if he is friendly with a local gun shop. The lady could transfer them legally to the shop in order to get them out of the house, then he could get them all at once with the waiver, or one at a time using standard permits.

This is not a crazy scenario at all , unless I missed something in your post.

 

Make sure all guns are NJ legal , then print out COEs for the long guns , your friend goes there with his FID , a P2P if he has one ( if not apply for one and purchase the handgun when the P2P comes in) photo ID .Then , fill in COEs for the long guns and keep a copy for himself and one for her..for the P2P the widow keeps the blue , he keeps the pink , the white gets mailed to NJSP , and the yellow to his local PD. If she has multiple handguns he wants , he should apply for the appropriate amount of P2Ps and an exemption from OGAM at the same time.

 

The only hitch is if he does not have P2Ps and his PD is one of the ones that takes a very long time to issue permits ( mine takes about 3 weeks) . If she has to hang on to handguns for him for a long period of time until his permits come in , maybe he can lend her a small safe if she does not have one?

 

The long guns he can buy them all ( as always , provided they are NJ legal) , fill out COEs for each , they each keep a copy. Nothing has to get mailed anywhere else.

 

It does not matter that the wife does not have an FID or paperwork for the guns since she inherited them . The only two exceptions to her legally holding on to her deceased husband's guns for as long as she likes would be if A) the guns are not NJ legal B) she is a prohibited person , in which case she is suppose to turn them into the PD who will hold them for her for 180 days while she tries to sell them.

I am also assuming all parties are NJ residents

I am also assuming all parties are NJ residents

 

 

 

Can an out-of-state resident bring a handgun into Jersey and do a face to face?

No . Here is a great sticky..scroll down and it covers all the buy/sell scenarios.

http://njgunforums.com/forum/index.php?/topic/29389-nj-law-summary-read-first-nj-gun-law-faqs/