I plan to be spending almost half if not a little more then half the year in Florida. I can pretty much decide which state I want to be my primary residency. After speaking with my accountant Florida does have some advantages.

 

If I do switch to become a Florida Resident how does that effect the Handguns I store and would want to use while in NJ?

 

Will a Non-resident NJ firearms ID be all I need to bounce back and forth?

 

My Wife will remain a NJ Resident for sure and only join me in FL on weekends and holidays. If she got a NJ FID Card would that help resolve any issue with storing the handguns in NJ? I prefer not to involve her if I can avoid it.

 

Thanks....

 

Need to be out of state 183 days of the year, be prepared to prove you were out of state if your cutting it close to the mark. I believe your within the law storing firearms at your home in NJ.

Need to be out of state 183 days of the year, be prepared to prove you were out of state if your cutting it close to the mark. I believe your within the law storing firearms at your home in NJ.

 

That would be for the IRS for taxation...

 

If you have a FL drivers license, that is your primary residence. You only need FID to buy guns and ammo up here... but it would be stupid to do so. Make sure guns are obviously NJ compliant.

 

take all your guns to FL.

 

For taxes, yes... FL rocks. No state personal income taxes... you would pay them in NJ if your salary is from NJ... but if you are working in FL... then you get to save a good chunk of change.

Do not want to rain on your parade but I had a neighbor who planned on doing as you say as far as spending time here. After the first year it got to be a hassle for the wife to come down for weekends or short stays and he soon discovered that around here you either were single or married and did not fit into the social scene with either since his wife was gone most of the time. Then he began to miss here and feel excluded from couples type things and sold his home here and went back to Long Island. We see quite a few couples buy homes here with similar plans and then pack it up and move back home once the novelty wears off and the reality of the long trip to Florida and the many days apart take their toll. Once again, not to be negative but unless both the husband and wife come here together we do not see many success stories with one living here while the other commutes when they can. We even had one friend whose wife got promoted to management and lost her long union vacation and could not visit as much as she had originally planned so they sold the house here and went back up north. Just saying to think about it before you make the leap and if you do move here, welcome. I work for a NJ company who is also incorporated in Florida and the lack of income taxes was like a big raise. The cost of living is so much cheaper here too. Labor like painters and other craftsmen is half the price it is in NJ. Many have more than one job due to low wages and are willing to work for less than you would to put food on their tables. I was paying over $200 a month for someone to mow my lawn and trim my shrubs in NJ. Here, where I have more land and landscaping, I pay $40 a month.

 

It also took me a while to get used to the no restriction gun laws down here. I kept asking if this and that was legal or not and they would laugh at me and say why wouldn't a 100 round AR drum be illegal? Sorry for the above warning but every year we see people who do not move here full time, move back north for various reasons. In 3 years I have had two different neighbors who bought the home with the same idea as you. Seems that they get lonely, things change or whatever and then they move. Hope it works our for you though. Just proceed with eyes wide open because the initial thrill can mess with clear thinking and maintaining two residences is something people here complain about all the time.

Can someone provide more insight in storing firearms in NJ, i.e. maintaining a partial NJ residency so a loved one can have emergency access to the firearm in the shared home?

Can someone provide more insight in storing firearms in NJ, i.e. maintaining a partial NJ residency so a loved one can have emergency access to the firearm in the shared home?

 

And that is the thing... if it is your gun, only you can use it, or someone can use it while you are there... otherwise, it can be construed as an illegal transfer by someone who wants to go out of their way.

 

Don't know if there is any case law on this.

Can someone provide more insight in storing firearms in NJ, i.e. maintaining a partial NJ residency so a loved one can have emergency access to the firearm in the shared home?

 

Would you care who's gun it was, if it was an emergency and your loved one had to use it? Your home, your gun, leave it there for them to access.

And that is the thing... if it is your gun, only you can use it, or someone can use it while you are there... otherwise, it can be construed as an illegal transfer by someone who wants to go out of their way.

 

Don't know if there is any case law on this.

Would you care who's gun it was, if it was an emergency and your loved one had to use it? Your home, your gun, leave it there for them to access.

 

PK90, I would certainly rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6. However, I would like to keep things copacetic and my hope is that there is some legal channel to go through.

 

 

 

PK90, I would certainly rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6. However, I would like to keep things copacetic and my hope is that there is some legal channel to go through.

 

Have your wife get her fid and p2p (if its a pistol) or coe and transfer one of the guns to her. That's the only way to legally do it.

Maybe I'm missing something. Why would your residency have anything to do with gun storage? You have residences in NJ and FL. You can store your possessions in your residences. If your wife wants to take your guns to the range you might need to go through from transfer rigamarole but that has nothing to do with your residency. Back to the same old argument about spouse using your gun. I just can't agree with needing paperwork to transfer a gun to someone that is not taking the gun from your house. Just in the house in NJ, my opinion is she can use what's available. If it's in your house, it's already implied that your wife has possession of your guns. You're not going to find case law for something that is legal.