I moved from NYC to NJ awhile back ago. At least I could buy a rifle and shotgun in New York State with a promise to register it in the city. To buy ianything in NJ you need an ID card signed by the Chief of Police of the town you lived in. How did they let it go that far?
As beautiful parts of NJ is. Living there is not the bargain it used to be.
The NJ permit to purchase long guns in New Jersey goes all the way back to 1966. In my opinion it was ramrodded through the legislature, spearheaded by then Attorney General Arthur Sills. The pistol permit requirement goes back even further...
If you want to read the details , I did a complete history of NJ Gun Control here on THR awhile back.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=636782&highlight=when+did+nj+anti+gun
Excerpts from my post here on THR....
Second Amendment is a Public Convenience?
August 11 1966 Judge Milton B. Conford rules that "the balance of public convenience is not for interference of enforcement of this statute" . The next day, August 12 1966, the law took effect.
(The 1966 New Jersey Gun Control Law mandating Firearms ID cards with a mental heath check, references, police background check, fingerprints and fees and long waits for the card in order to buy a long gun in NJ...two years before the National 1968 Gun Control Law went in effect.)
And in 1954 a permit to purchase a handgun was needed, however in 1924 is when the concealed carry license came in effect and that calls for registration and no handgun could be sold after 3pm.
