I am surprised nobody raised a question about how your office generally looks like. I would personally make any decisions about taking a firearm to the office based on that.

 

If it is a huge "classic" office building with dozens of different companies inside, open space environment and hundreds or even thousands of people working inside with independent security guards at the entrance - I would probably NOT bring anything questionable to such a place. You can't have a chance to know even a small fraction of guys around, some people may be nuts, others might just not like you for the color of your hair or the length of your sleeves.

 

If it is a small building in a middle of nowhere with 10-15 people (who you know well) sitting in the back room with no formal security at the entrance, no access to the room for general public and good friendly environment among people - seriously, why not?

I remember one of my colleagues in Russia bringing several of his steel BB handguns to our office. I worked at a small software company at that point, there were only 6 or 7 guys in our room and I was surprised to know that there are other fans of BB guns out there, so next day I brought mine to show him, LOL :-)

We were all absolutely confident that nobody in our room would ever run away screaming "Men with guns, call the police". If you are confident about this as well, go ahead. If not - see above about the range :-)

 

P.S. But I would still personally NOT do this.

Try this bring it to work and just bringing out the few people you want to show to the parking lot. That way they can see and if there are anti`s they hopefully won't get upset.

I thought we were allowed to have a firearm at our place of business? 

I thought we were allowed to have a firearm at our place of business? 

 

you can at YOUR place of business.. YOUR place of business is a business you own..

 

but IMO it is legal.. it is a long gun and does not require exempted location provided you have a FPID... I bought and sold guns at work.. just remember we do not all work at the same types of places.. 

Maybe it's just me....but seems a little ... Odd or childish to "bring in my new toy to show my friends"...or in this case coworkers...like 3rd grade show and tell ....I don't think it should be a decision of legality in nj ....rather one of common sense ....why the hell would you take a gun to work to show casual acquaintances ....seems immature and like trying to impress people....Its safe to say if spec ops guy is not a fraud..he already knows what an m4 looks like....seems like a really bad idea all the way around....but ymmv

I think unless someone in the office has said "don't bring that gun in here" maybe you could tweak interest in one or more co-workers and win us another supporter. I've been posting pics of me at the range and stuff on Facebook for about 6 months now and I have a girl and two guy friends that want to start shooting. One of the guys received FID/P2P this week and purchased a Glock 19 and 1,000 of ammo. He's gonna come to the range with me one day next week and I think he and I are gonna take some courses together too. So you could help our cause by doing it responsibly. ...just my two pennies.

 

 

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If I am within the law, what is the peril risk???

 

I'm surprised no one mentioned it - your peril risk is the cost of defending yourself if charged (incorrectly of course, since what you are doing is legal) with something by an overzealous LEO.

 

This is one of the main arguments of the Pantano case - that we are are all "at risk" from the impact of NJ statutes which essentially prohibit possession of firearms without a carry license, unless you fall into one of the narrowly-defined exemptions.   We are also dependent on LEOs acting professionally and knowledgeably, which they mostly do, but not always.

 

You would win your case but you'd be out at least $5,000 for any sort of defense.  Maybe more.

 

I'm surprised no one mentioned it - your peril risk is the cost of defending yourself if charged (incorrectly of course, since what you are doing is legal) with something by an overzealous LEO.

 

This is one of the main arguments of the Pantano case - that we are are all "at risk" from the impact of NJ statutes which essentially prohibit possession of firearms without a carry license, unless you fall into one of the narrowly-defined exemptions.   We are also dependent on LEOs acting professionally and knowledgeably, which they mostly do, but not always.

 

You would win your case but you'd be out at least $5,000 for any sort of defense.  Maybe more.

 

 

I have said it before and I will say it again...

 

following any imaginary laws does not provide you any additional safety.. something is illegal.. or it is not..

 

if you spend your life trying to comply with laws that do not exist you will drive yourself nuts.. or never leave your home... might as well never own any HP ammo since I am sure at some point some cop thought they were totally illegal and might arrest you... better not own an AR or any evil black rifle.. it might be confused with something that is banned.. and so on... 

 

it is impossible to comply with something unless it is a law..