bringing firearm to nj for flight to ak

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i am driving from where i live in colorado to my parents house in nj to visit before going back to work in alaska. i want to bring my 44 (and hunting rifle)with me as i need it for work. will i encounter problems trying to fly out of newark or if i were to get stopped in nj while in transit to my parents house? the gun is obviously legally purchased by me in CO. if this scenario is foolish whats the best way to get my gun to ak?
 
I would not take any handgun into nj unless it was registered there. Look at the news from those morons lately, they will throw you in jail quickly.

Best to stay entirely out of that state (like Lebanon, Syria, and Libya). However, if you must go there I would mail the pistol back to your residence in AK before you enter nj. Legal to do so and much better than risking an attempt to fly an illegal weapon out of jersey. They do not care that you are the legal owner who bought it in CO, you are not legal in nj with it.

I will not enter nor fly through nj for any reason after the illegal arrests that they have pulled recently on legal gun owners.
 
If you are shipping them to yourself and you have an address in AK you're good to go. They are your property, no transfer is happening.
 
i live in housing provided by my employer in ak so i dont have a real residence, do you think i would be ok mailing them to my employers hangar where i usually get my mail sent?
 
I would not take any handgun into nj unless it was registered there. Look at the news from those morons lately, they will throw you in jail quickly.
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If you go to check those firearms before your flight, you will certainly risk being thrown in jail.

Google it, but a guy recently had his flight diverted to NJ, was forced to stay over night and was arrested the next day when he checked in at the airport since he had "un-registered" guns in the state of NJ.

Eventually the charges were dropped after the dude spent 7 to 10 days in jail before he was released on bond. He tried to sue the Port Authority after the fact but the case was tossed by the judge because "he did have un-registered firearms in the state."

Stay far away from NJ with your guns.
 
The story is that about a year or two ago a guy got arrested for bringing a handgun into NJ. He was flying into Newark and then going onto PA. His flight got cancelled out of Newark and they gave him a hotel room in NJ. Because he took possession of the handgun in NJ and took it to the hotel room (and he did not have a NJ permit or whatever is required) they arrested him when he came back to the airport to go onto PA. If he had left it at the airport he would have been OK. Just another reason to hate New Jersey. Sorry guys but that particular state should be abolished and absorbed into Pennsylvania- but PA won't have it!

It took him forever to get his guns back.

I would not bring a gun into that crappy state. I avoid driving into it whenever I can.
 
i grew up there and made my escape from the Peoples Rebulic of nj years ago. thanks for the info guys, it will certainly keep me out of hot water.
 
Well I once heard a story of a man who was having a layover in NJ. His flight got canceled so he left the airport with his rifle (which was legal in NJ) and went to a hotel. When he came back to next morning and tried to check his gun he was arrested and charged with illegal possession of a firearm. Why? Because he did not possess an NJ Firearms Purchase ID card.

In NJ the are very few execptions which allow someone to even have a firearm (handgun or rifle) in vehicle or on them without a NJ carry permit (which is nearly impossible to get). These include going to the range, hunting, moving, and going to the dealer. There may be a few other. Anyhow I would not risk it.
 
You can send the guns by common carrier (fedex or ups) to your employer's hangar.

Address them to yourself and make sure whoever signs for them doesn't open the package(s).

You can mail the rifle (us mail), but not the pistol.
 
I don't think you should even bring the handgun into New Jersey. You'll undoubtedly be illegal before you even get to the airport, so why risk it?

The following is from the NJ section on www.handgunlaw.us

New Jersey Law also states that before possessing or transporting any rifle or shotgun without first having obtained a New Jersey firearms purchaser identification card (FPIC), or possessing or transporting any handgun without first having obtained a New Jersey handgun carry permit is a violation of their law.
You can transport it from place of purchase to home. Home to a Certified Shooting Range. Going hunting but must have a valid hunting license. You just can’t have it in your vehicle. Again the law says you must have a FPIC or NJ Carry Permit to even transport firearms in NJ. From all I read and have heard someone from outside NJ must have a very good reason to transport a firearm into NJ and better have the proper paperwork.
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And don't forget that, in general, hollowpoint ammo is also illegal in NJ. (You can buy it, you just can't put it in a fireamr, basically.)
 
And don't forget that, in general, hollowpoint ammo is also illegal in NJ. (You can buy it, you just can't put it in a fireamr, basically.)
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Not true. Yes there are restrictions of hollow points. They are only legal for the purposes of target shooting and hunting. This means that you can't have the ammo outside of your home if your not going target shooting or hunting.
 
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Not true. Yes there are restrictions of hollow points. They are only legal for the purposes of target shooting and hunting. This means that you can't have the ammo outside of your home if your not going target shooting or hunting.
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That's why I said "generally." You also can't have it in your firearm while on the way to or from the range, only AT the range.

For practical purposes, then, my half-facetious statement that you can buy it but you can't put it in a gun is "generally" accurate.
 
pretty ridiculous that you have to apply to a govt body to exercise your rights, its like applying to speak your mind with the first amendment. needless to say i will make other accommodations. thanks guys
 
You'd think that with Gov. Christie in office, now would be the perfect time to enact change to the socialist firearms adgenda of that ridiculously un-constitutional state...


But right after you think that, you remember that we're talking about New Jersey here...
 
New Jersey, home of the Democrats and Unions. Probably the highest amount of lawyers per squaremile also................

Can't get rid of the Democrats while the Unions run the state. Can't get rid of the Unions with the Democrats in office.

Until BOTH are gone we can't excersize our 2nd Amendment Freedoms.

Where in this country can you buy more than one handgun per thirty days? Not in NJ!

Where in this country can you walk into a store and buy a bolt-action rifle with just a valid drivers license? Not in NJ!
 
i live in housing provided by my employer in ak so i dont have a real residence, do you think i would be ok mailing them to my employers hangar where i usually get my mail sent?
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OK, silly question... who is your employer? They have at least one hangar, so I assume they do something having to do with aircraft.

If it's an airline or a charter service, could you simply ask them to send your guns on the next flight north that can accommodate an extra ~15lb package?

FWIW most of the online threads about shipping firearms concern the USPS or commercial common carriers that handle small parcels (i.e. FedEx and UPS), but there's no reason you can't legally send firearms via other means of commercial transportation if this option is available to you.
 
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