[oilwatcher]

So what the heck is the legal way to transport firearms in New Jersey? They said if he had the weapons unloaded and locked in a trunk, they MIGHT not have charged him ... ??

[puppypusher]

So what the heck is the legal way to transport firearms in New Jersey? They said if he had the weapons unloaded and locked in a trunk, they MIGHT not have charged him ... ??

What would he have done If he were driving a damn Pickup Truck.There is no where in a Pickup to conceal anything.That law just stinks.

I guess if your traveling through Jersey you should place your weapons in a suitcase.Anything but a case that’s designed for that purpose.

[Last Dakotan]

So what the heck is the legal way to transport firearms in New Jersey?

Think this through; New Jersey -> Mob -> Violin case. Problem solved.

[gusty]

As per NJ law, they stink by the way, the defendant did a number of things wrong. In NJ you can only transport firearms unloaded in a locked case separate from the ammo. The loaded handgun is forbidden. It should be in the trunk or a vehicle with no trunk as far away from anyone in the vehicle as possible. In NJ you can only transport a firearm from the store to home or business(that you own) upon purchase. Then you can only transport between home, business, hunting, or range. Nowhere else is legal. When doing so, you can not stop for any other reason, a cup of coffee, a friends house etc. Stopping for a nap is a violation. If he contiued another 15 minutes over the Delaware he would be alright. You can travel thru NJ with a properly stored firearm per Federal Law as long as you do not stop. NJ has a 15 round magazine limit with no grandfather clause. Thus any magazine he had over 15 would be illegal in NJ. As for the search, any thing visible to someone outside the car that indicates a firearm may be present is probable cause, be a package of splatter targets or a soft rifle case. His biggest mistake was not doing just a little research, which is readily available from the NRA site, of the firearms laws of the states his was passing thru. If he just made sure nothing was in plain site, and kept is mouth shut when questioned by the police, he be home free in Texas right now.

[1010RD]

Vagueness = lawlessness.

I’m shocked that Illinois is freer than NJ.

Plus, a cop on cop stop? Wow.

[rfreedom4u]

Perhaps he should have had the guns in a SpongeBob backpack?

[Boogieman]

I think you have to disassemble them into their constituent parts, loading some parts in your vehicle, while mailing other parts to the destination, and then hauling your ammunition on a sled dragged at least 200 ft behind your vehicle.