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NJ FID question
Just moved to Jersey and need to take my pup out for some bird hunting.
Do I need a FID card if I already possess a firearm and want to travel with it to the field? I have applied for the FID card, but really need to get this pup out into the field asap. Any help greatly appreciated. Mike |
RE: NJ FID question
As far as I know, if you have a hunting license and are traveling to and from hunting then you do not need a FID card with you.
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RE: NJ FID question
Yes under NJ State law 2C:58-3 & 2C:39-5, you must have your purchase ID card on you at all times while in possesion of your firearm. You wont find this in the NJF&W Hunting Digest
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RE: NJ FID question
Same reason why we have so many gun laws that mean the same, just in different words. Listen as an officer I honestly never knew of this law, but opening day of the 2003 shotgun season, it was about 5:30pm I was at my truck changing, my friend Sean was waiting for me on the side of the road ( about 70yds. away ) with his buck, Game Wardens pulled up, checked his licenses, and the tagged deer, then asked for his card, he told them he has one but left it home, Sean called out for me, I came over, ID myself to the two Game Wardens, I asked them whats the problem and they explained it to me, they gave professional courtesy to Sean thru me. Also this year hunt during the antlerless shotgun hunt, my friend Sammy and I came out of the woods, a different Game Warden pulled up, he saw my PBA shield in the window, asked me if I was on job, and I said yes. We started BSing, then I brought up about what happen a year before, and he said Yes that some wardens are checking for the cards.
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RE: NJ FID question
ORIGINAL: BOWHUNTERCOP Same reason why we have so many gun laws that mean the same, just in different words. Listen as an officer I honestly never knew of this law, but opening day of the 2003 shotgun season, it was about 5:30pm I was at my truck changing, my friend Sean was waiting for me on the side of the road ( about 70yds. away ) with his buck, Game Wardens pulled up, checked his licenses, and the tagged deer, then asked for his card, he told them he has one but left it home, Sean called out for me, I came over, ID myself to the two Game Wardens, I asked them whats the problem and they explained it to me, they gave professional courtesy to Sean thru me. Also this year hunt during the antlerless shotgun hunt, my friend Sammy and I came out of the woods, a different Game Warden pulled up, he saw my PBA shield in the window, asked me if I was on job, and I said yes. We started BSing, then I brought up about what happen a year before, and he said Yes that some wardens are checking for the cards. <heavy sarcasm on> Ain't it great to live in the land of the free.... And here I thought we lived in the good old USofA. Geezzz.  <heavy sarcasm off> |
RE: NJ FID question
what if you have a firearm passed down(inherited) or a firearm purchased before the gun control act of 1969? i keep my buyers card with me but as long as your not a felon or in some kinda trouble with the law i cant understand why you need the card under those circumstances especially hunting. i thought the card was supposed to be a purchasers permit card and not A PERMIT TO CARRY OR POSESS?
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RE: NJ FID question
just have the card, the officers arent goin to run a check on the firearm unless you give them a reason too
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RE: NJ FID question
It took 4 months for my NJ Firearms ID card to arrive.
This state $tink$ for buying guns. Go buy muzzleloaders, shotguns, and rifles in PA with your NJ FID card (they will ask for it when purchasing shotguns and rifles). |
RE: NJ FID question
Bowhuntercop i think those laws are in reference to handguns.
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ORIGINAL: NJBowman BC then how come our firearms guy tells people who move here from out of state they do not need to register their long guns and they only need a card to purchase new guns? |
RE: NJ FID question
While hunting or while traveling to hunt you do not need a firearms ID card.
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RE: NJ FID question
the problem is that no matter what you do in this state your gonna be wrong. its you against the state. if you have to defend yourself i think Nappens (the famous gun lawyer) minimum is like 10 grand on these kinda problems so i wouldnt want to be caught without my card.i think the local and state law enforcement are not up to speed on the gun laws and it becomes what they think and not the law. at least we arent as bad as massachusetts[:'(]
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RE: NJ FID question
Welcome to the People's Republic of New Jersey. This is the state that has outlawed such historic rifles and the M1 carbine and the AK's even though the federal assault weapons ban is no more. You can buy them in every other state but the PRNJ.
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RE: NJ FID question
Guys -
Thanks for the info. Check out the following link for the specifics. Looks like the hunting license allows travel to and from the site. Follow this link: http://www.nraila.org/GunLaws/StateLaws.aspx?ST=NJ Look under possession, halfway down, number 4.... Will be taking my Viszla pup out on Monday. he needs to point something else otehr than the finches on my bird feeder... Heading to PA this weekend for the last days of Muzzleloader. Thanks for your responses! Mike |
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