[cschroe]

All of the guns will be melted down this week. Porrino said because state officials offer amnesty to encourage people to turn in guns, they won't be tested at a ballistics lab the way most crime guns are examined.

1. What a shame that some antique and collectible firearms will be melted down.

2. Opportune time for someone with a gun that they KNOW would match an unsolved shooting through ballistics to destroy the evidence at the states expense and hand.

[lacrew]

So the state can become an accomplice in covering up a murder...interesting unintended consequence. No need to throw the gun in the river - just hand it over to be melted.

[Williams]

Most are long guns. I do not believe it is illegal to possess a rifle, shotgun, etc. in NJ. You need a permit to BUY a gun and there are rules for transporting rifles and ammunition.

However, if your dad left it to you, etc. I don’t believe there is anything illegal about owning a rifle. Therefore, I call this “amnesty” almost total BS.

Many times folks get left a lot of rifles/ shotguns and they tell me after the fact that they just turned them all in at the police station. Happens because you have people that don’t know what to do with a gun.

[Openurmind]

“What a shame that some antique and collectible firearms will be melted down.”

They won’t be, those will be pulled and added to personal collections or auctioned off at a private auction.