(And why he had no FID card.)
You can’t keep a gun in the house unless you have a FID card?
Us southerners don’t have to have “papers” to keep any gun in our homes. At least we have some type of freedom granted by the Constitution left down here.
Down here you have the freedom to walk around your property waving a gun in your hand as much as you want and not break any laws. However, if you POINT the gun at someone and threaten them while standing in your own yard, depending on the situation, you may break a law. The act of simply letting them know you are armed does not break any law.
Remember, that’s in the South...especially here in Texas.
Just the fact that a NJ citizen has to have a piece of paper to legally have a gun in his home decries a direct attack upon the Second Amendment.
New Jersey is persnickety about issuing FID cards and pistol purchase permits to individuals with mental health histories. I'm guessing that they are even more reluctant to issue carry permits to individuals with mental health problems. Unlike the hoi polloi, a retired LEO would ordinarily have no problem acquiring a carry permit in New Jersey. The question as to why this might be a problem arises. The possible answers are only conjecture, of course.
What's worse is the fact that for non-connected law abiding citizens to get that piece of paper is darned near impossible.