Can anyone link me to the NJ legislation that states a 30 day processing window for handgun permits?  I'd like to send a friendly reminder to my town's police detective.  Thanks.

If your detective knows that the NJ Supreme Court already ruled against enforcing this 'limit' he/she won't be impressed.

18 minutes ago, Fring Spield said:

 I'd like to send a friendly reminder to my town's police detective. 

It will cause you more problems.  They will lose your application, or the NJSP are slacking and causing delays.  He or she will find issues and slow your process down.

Thanks for the advice, I won't poke the bear.   I phrased it in a nice, nonconfrontational way of I heard somewhere of a 30 day processing

window, so just checking etc.

1 minute ago, Fring Spield said:

Thanks for the advice, I won't poke the bear.

Definitely DON'T poke the bear.

I was having delays when I lived in Jackson, so  I would send a nice, upbeat, friendly email to the Chief, just asking nicely if my permits were ready yet. It took two of these emails to get my permits completed.

Sometimes, with their busy schedules, getting to paperwork is not a priority, so a nice, friendly "nudge" sometimes helps.

Tell them hey  #$%^  you work for me. That might help speed up the process.  

2 minutes ago, silverado427 said:

Tell them hey  #$%^  you work for me. That might help speed up the process.  

Thanks! I think I'll take sniper's advice though!

OK, I'm a glutton for punishment, so here it is.

From NJ 2C:58-3

f. Granting of permit or identification card; fee; term; renewal; revocation. The
application for the permit to purchase a handgun together with a fee of $2, or the
application for the firearms purchaser identification card together with a fee of $5, shall
be delivered or forwarded to the licensing authority who shall investigate the same and,
unless good cause for the denial thereof appears, shall grant the permit or the
identification card, or both, if application has been made therefor, within 30 days from
the date of receipt of the application for residents of this State and within 45 days for
nonresident applicants.

Emphasis mine. But the court doesn't care. They make it up as they go along.

It's for the children.

Thanks for the link 45Doll.  I'll file that away.  As I said, I don't want to rock the boat and cause more delays.

What's your breaking point? Some have waited a year, some a few months. I see it as a B&W issue. Remember > 

1 hour ago, PK90 said:

What's your breaking point? Some have waited a year, some a few months. I see it as a B&W issue. Remember > 

I see it as B&W also, but it matters much more what the detective thinks. I'll be persistent but polite.

call the attorney general and file a complaint  there breaking the law ,  30 days  , it says 30 days,  its there law 

Your paperwork will be lost in a boating accident. 

2 hours ago, muzzelloader69 said:

call the attorney general and file a complaint  there breaking the law ,  30 days  , it says 30 days,  its there law 

The Turban will then quote you the NJ Supreme Court ruling saying 'we don't care'.

48 minutes ago, The_Matrix said:

Your paperwork will be lost in a boating accident. 

That would be so epic if that was their reply!

2 hours ago, muzzelloader69 said:

call the attorney general and file a complaint  there breaking the law ,  30 days  , it says 30 days,  its there law 

I don't think the current NJ AG would care one bit.

51 minutes ago, The_Matrix said:

Your paperwork will be lost in a boating accident. 

Thankfully, at least part of the process in my town is online, so I do have an email "paper trail". But you're right, the physical paperwork could be lost.

Be the squeaky wheel. 

Just don't make it adversarial. Become their new best friend. Check in regularly. You have a new hobby together!

Make regular calls to your new friends. figure out when lunch is. Call a bit before that and drag shit out talking to your new friends while being nice and sociable.  Let them know that there's no project too big you can't work it out with regular teamwork!

 

 

On 4/15/2019 at 10:23 AM, Fring Spield said:

Can anyone link me to the NJ legislation that states a 30 day processing window for handgun permits?  I'd like to send a friendly reminder to my town's police detective.  Thanks.

Good way to have your paperwork get "lost". In New Jermany, cops think they ARE the law.

IF the detective seems friendly, call the station's front desk every once in a while and ask if there are any updates on the permits or leave a message. If you do this you may sound like PITA, with the tradeoff that they could try to move the paperwork through faster. But then again...there's always the "lost paperwork" response if they really want to jerk you around