Basically i live in NJ, and a FID is needed to purchase firearms. However, an FID is not needed to own a rifle if you keep it within the premise of your own home. FID is also not needed to transport a rifle or use it at a shooting range.
the NRA-ILA of the NJ laws are below, with the pertinent details in bold.
Therefore, could i hypothetically go to PA, where an FID is not needed for a firearm purchase, purchase a rifle and drive it home to NJ and then use it to shoot at the local gun club? All without ever getting an FID?
The reason I need to do this is because it is taking FOREVER for my FID to come in and I want to jump on the boat before a ban takes effect.
the NRA-ILA of the NJ laws are below, with the pertinent details in bold.
It is unlawful to knowingly possess any handgun, including any antique handgun, without first having obtained a Permit to Carry, and it is unlawful to knowingly possess any rifle or shotgun without having first obtained a Firearms Purchaser Identification Card (FID), however, no Permit to Carry or FID is required:
1. To keep or carry any firearm about a person’s place of business, residence, premises, or other land owned or possessed by him; a place of business shall be deemed a fixed location.
2. To carry any firearm unloaded and contained in a closed and fastened case, gunbox, securely tied package, or locked in the trunk of the automobile in which it is being transported and the course of travel shall include only such deviations as are reasonably necessary under the circumstances from any place of purchase to his residence or place of business, between his dwelling and his place of business, from one place of business or residence and another when moving, or between his dwelling or place of business and place where such firearms are repaired, for the purpose of repair.
3. To transport such firearms as necessary for target practice, in the manner described in paragraph 2 above, by a member of a gun club organized in accordance with the rules prescribed by the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice in going to or from a place of target practice, provided the club has filed a copy of its charter with the Superintendent of State Police and annually submits a list of its members to the superintendent.
4. To transport any firearm, in the manner described in paragraph 2 above, while traveling:
a. Directly to or from any place for the purpose of hunting or fishing, provided such person has in his possession a valid hunting or fishing license.
b. Directly to or from any target range or other authorized place for the purpose of practice, match, target, trap or skeet shooting exhibitions.
Therefore, could i hypothetically go to PA, where an FID is not needed for a firearm purchase, purchase a rifle and drive it home to NJ and then use it to shoot at the local gun club? All without ever getting an FID?
The reason I need to do this is because it is taking FOREVER for my FID to come in and I want to jump on the boat before a ban takes effect.