About a month after McDonald, there are no New Jersey law suits pending but it is hopefully just a matter of time. A number of other law suits have already been filed including two filed by attorney Alan Gura. So far, suits are pending in at least California, New York and Maryland. While every state [...]
Archive for July, 2010
Law suits in other states could be indicator of the future of New Jersey’s carry permit law
Posted in News, tagged McDonald v. Chicago on July 29, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Guns for Cash Program in Asbury Park this weekend
Posted in News, tagged guns for cash on July 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office will hold a “Guns for Cash” firearms exchange program this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July 30 to Aug. 1. The program will be held at the Asbury Park Police Department on Main Street from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. People can turn in certain types of unwanted weapons [...]
Permit approved after many calls
Posted in My Practice on July 16, 2010 | 2 Comments »
This one was tough and it was just about to get real ugly. The police were giving my client the run around so he called me to work on the permit. At first, there was an issues with one of his references but I cleared that up in a week or two. After that, I [...]
The New Jersey FID Card & Pistol Purchase Application
Posted in My Practice on July 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Considering purchasing a pistol or a long arm? You probably already know that you will have to fill out the application but I suggest you view the application before you just go down to the police station to fill it out. Download the Application for Firearms Purchaser Identification Card/ Application to Purchase a Handgun As [...]
New Jersey after McDonald v Chicago
Posted in My Practice on July 1, 2010 | 10 Comments »
In my opinion, I don’t see much if anything changing in New Jersey after the McDonald case. Remember Heller? Everyone thought that was going to be a huge win for gun rights advocates in New Jersey. Not one thing has changed since Heller as NJ courts have (no pun intended) shot that down. The same [...]
Man denied gun permit for dismissed domestic violence charge
Posted in Answering Comments, tagged Attorney, Domestic Violence, Firearms ID Card, Gun Permits on July 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The gun permit application in New Jersey does not mention dismissed charges. So, a lot of people think that their applications will go through without a problem. Well at least some of them (if not many) are wrong. A guy just called me up yesterday who got dismissed for a dismissed domestic violence charge. He [...]
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