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Letter from NJAFR to New Jersey State Police SuperintendentRead NJAFR President Bob Viden's letter to New Jersey State Police Superintendent Col. Joseph Fuentes. New Threat to New Jersey Firearms RetailersThe New Jersey state police are proposing onerous regulations that will further burden New Jersey firearms dealers at a significant cost without any public safety benefit. The proposed regulations would change how firearms retailers store firearms and require all firearms sold by retailers to be secured by a steel cable. The proposed regulations would also force law-abiding gun owners placing handguns on consignment to produce a permit in order to receive back their own lawfully owned firearms. Lastly, the regulations would ban all magazines with blocks restricting the number of cartridges. This is despite opinions authored by past new jersey state attorneys general, both republican and democrat, stating that blocks restricting the number of cartridges a magazine can hold were indeed lawful. The New Jersey Association of Firearms Retailers (NJAFR) is one of six state associations organized under the umbrella of the National Association of Firearms Retailers (NAFR), a division of the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF). NJAFR and NSSF are in Trenton providing dealers with a unified voice on regulatory and legislative affairs that impact your business. We are on the ground now defending against this latest attack. Here’s what you can do to help:
Oppose New Jersey One-Gun-A-Month Bill A3511NSSF is urging all New Jersey firearms retailers and gun owners to contact
your representatives and members of the New Jersey
Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee (listed below) immediately
to voice opposition to A-3511,
legislation which would prohibit law-abiding citizens from
purchasing more than one handgun a month.
Oppose New Jersey Ammunition Bill A2602New Jersey residents are urged to contact their state senators immediately to OPPOSE A2602, a bill that seeks to regulate the distribution and possession of ammunition in the state. A2602 would criminalize the distribution and possession of ammunition by anyone who is not a licensed dealer or who does not possess a valid firearms purchaser identification card (NJFID), a certified copy of a permit to purchase a handgun, a valid permit to carry a handgun, or a valid New Jersey hunting license. The bill also would ban the transfer of ammunition to anyone under 18 years old. A person who sells, transfers, purchases or possesses ammunition in violation of this bill would be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree, which is punishable by a fine of up to $10,000, imprisonment for a term of up to 18 months, or both. This bill has already passed the New Jersey State Assembly and is awaiting a hearing in the Senate. Contact your state senators TODAY and urge them to oppose this ill-conceived legislation. Join New Jersey Association of Firearms RetailersDefeating ill-conceived legislation is why the New Jersey Association of Firearm Retailers was formed and why every New Jersey retailer should join. Please contact us to become a member today.
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