Got a complex interstate travel question

[GunLawyer001]

But FOPA doesn't cover OP since the destination is the shore...correct?

That's the "not at all clear" part. The title of the statute refers to "interstate" travel, but the operative text does not.

[MischaBurns]

But FOPA doesn't cover OP since the destination is the shore...correct?

That's the "not at all clear" part. The title of the statute refers to "interstate" travel, but the operative text does not.

this is the reason i asked ^_^

[son of the revolution]

I had a buddy ask me an interesting question today, and i don't know the answer. this is the situation he gave:

you decide to go to the jersey shore to hang out at the beach for a day. you know that NJ doesn't honor our LTCF (as far as i know), but you will be home after dark, and don't feel comfortable arriving at this hour without your sidearm.

WHAT DO YOU DO!? we're wondering how to legally bring the handgun with you, since you are stopping in NJ and not just "passing through".

Please note that neither he nor I intend to carry while in NJ, but only want to have it with us when returning home (again, possibly quite late)

DO NOT DO IT !!!!!!!


You WILL BE ARRESTED if its discovered, even accidentaly. YOU WILL spend several days, if not longer, in jail waiting to make bail. And unless you are going to a competition in NJ you will most likely wind up convicted as a FELON, which bars you from possesion or ownership in PA !


A few minutes Googling the approriate terms will turn up several recent cases of PA residents that were discovered to be in possesion of a weapon in NJ WITHOUT a NJ FID Card and EVERY ONE OF THEM was arrested and charged !


http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbc.../NEWS/90310007

I cant find it now, but I distinctly remember another case from last year of a guy from PA getting into a car accident in Jersey and the cops finding his pistol in the glove box or console after the wreck and him being arrested and charged.

Then theres this abomination, and this guy was CLEARLY covered by Fed FOPA and Jersey didnt give a shit !


http://www.anjrpc.org/fopalawsuit.htm


DONT EVEN THINK OF bringing a gun into NJ unless your 1 Million percent sure your in compliance with NJ Law , and even then you better have your attorney on speed dial cause the patrol level guys will hook you and book you and let the judge sort it out every single time.

[MischaBurns]

well, i think my question has been pretty much answered. i thank all who provided input. no gun in NJ. XP

[gnbrotz]

If you'd like to not be unarmed for the entire trip, perhaps you could find a PA resident very near the border who would store your firearm while you were actually in NJ, then as soon as you entered PA again, you could re-arm for the remainder of your trip home.

[Markg]

It would be easier to go to DE, and OC.

[Neo31rex31]

I would stay away from the Peoples Socialist Republic of NJ