Remember Albert Almeida? He was the guy who was threatened by his thug tenants in Newark, applied for a carry permit by his local PD in Sussex County and was denied. 

 

Afterwards he put in an application for purchase permits and had to check "YES" to the dreaded "have you ever been denied" box. 

 

Guess what? His purchase permits were approved. His carry permit is still denied (it will be going to court soon, however).

 

There you have it folks, we have an actual test case for this.

 

So as they say... carry on! Or rather, apply for a permit to carry on...

To be fair, I'd hardly say this is precedent setting. You have the results from one of over 500 issuing municipalities. We all know the vagaries of just trying to apply for P2P's or FPID's from one PD to another - so while this is great for Mr. Almeida, I'd hardly say that this is proof positive that others will have the same luck. Yes, I'm sure that if you appeal a denial, that it will eventually get overturned, but who needs the hassle? And how about applying for non-resident permits - all of those applications (at least the ones I've seen) have the same dreaded question.

 

Adios,

 

Pizza Bob

I knew someone would say that but others have done the same and they don't have problems. Anthony (GFH) said that he was denied once and he now has over 100 guns. Bottom line - don't fall for the skeer. That said it may not be a good idea to apply now. Wait until one of the cases shakes out.

BTW, few nonresident permit apps have the question.