Provides that firearms purchaser identification card is valid for four years; requires training prior to issuance of firearms cards and handgun purchase permits; revises procedures for passing of firearms to heir or legatee.
Not law yet. Pending legislation.
Sen. McKeon; co-sponsors Ruiz, Turner
Bill summary
Official digest is not on this card.
Now vs if chaptered
NOW: introduced/pre-filed; not present 2C:58-3. Current FPIC duration remains as in existing law. IF CHAPTERED: four-year FPIC expiration plus a training prerequisite for new cards/permits, and rewritten heir/legatee transfer rules.
Defender utility
NJ PDs and FPIC/permit applicants: this is a pending renewal-and-training gate, not a new possessory 2C:39 count. If it chapters, an expired-card theory is a licensing defect — demand the issuance date, birthday-aligned expiration, and whether the person is in the post-enactment four-year window. Training is an application element, not a street-possess element. Not a California FSC/DROS charge.
Who this is for. NJ PDs and FPIC/permit applicants — pending four-year card + training gate, not present law; not a California charge.
Penalties (if chaptered)
Does not itself create a new 2C:39 degree; enforcement would ride on existing unlicensed-purchase/transfer provisions if a person proceeds without a valid card/permit. Not in force.
Bank hints
- training
- age
- permit