Hey Everyone,

If I move from NJ to NY, will I be able to just change my address with my PD(Clifton) on my FID card? or will I have to reapply for an out of state FID card. I still want to be able to bring my handguns back to NJ.

Thanks

Hey Everyone,

If I move from NJ to NY, will I be able to just change my address with my PD(Clifton) on my FID card? or will I have to reapply for an out of state FID card. I still want to be able to bring my handguns back to NJ.

Thanks

 

Do you still want to purchase ammo and transport long guns in NJ?  If so, then you'd want to file a change of address on your existing FID.  Same documents required  but, technically, you don't need to file for a "new" FID and (perhaps) get finger printed again, etc. etc. But yes, you would file with the NJSP, since you are no longer a resident of the state and of the municipality in which you were living. I think you send it directly to the State Firearms unit in Trenton.  Don't know the precise address, but others on here might.

 

Where in NY, if I may ask?  Hopefully nowhere near NYC and vicinity....    or you might have even bigger problems than NJ!  

The barracks closest to your new residence.

I am thinking maybe Long Island. Good news is, is that I will hopefully soon have a CCW from Sullivan County where I have a second home. With that permit I will be able to travel through NYC(unholstered and in the trunk) and I could still hit up GFH

If you are coming from NY and traveling to a range in NJ, you do not need to have a firearms PURCHASER ID.

 

A firearms purchaser ID has no bearing, whatsoever, to legally owning, possessing or carrying handguns.     If it's illegal for you to have a handgun someplace, as in not traveling to a range, gunshop or moving to a home, adding in a FPID will not change the legal status of that activity at all.

 

A FPID applies to the purchase and carry of long guns and the purchase of ammunition that can be used in handguns.

If you are coming from NY and traveling to a range in NJ, you do not need to have a firearms PURCHASER ID.

 

A firearms purchaser ID has no bearing, whatsoever, to legally owning, possessing or carrying handguns. If it's illegal for you to have a handgun someplace, as in not traveling to a range, gunshop or moving to a home, adding in a FPID will not change the legal status of that activity at all.

 

A FPID applies to the purchase and carry of long guns and the purchase of ammunition that can be used in handguns.

Good info !!

Good info !!

That is great info. Thanks so much. I will probably try to still change the adrs because I cant imagine there being a problem having one anyway

That is great info. Thanks so much. I will probably try to still change the adrs because I cant imagine there being a problem having one anyway

 

There isn't.   It can never hurt to present it if you are ever stopped and searched.   Legally however, it offers no protection.  It is not an owners ID.    That said, on the side of the road, a LEO may let someone go who has one vs detaining someone who does not.   Chances are if they are searching your vehicle, you're going to jail anyway.