Gerania said:
It's probably illegal to own a slingshot in NJ. My husband, retired military and a guy who used to hunt completely lost it when he read a couple years ago that retired cops couldn't get a permit to carry a concealed weapon. Yes, guess you have to be a criminal to do that.
Gillian
I could rant on about gun ownership but I won't...at least not now
Oh, what the hell--I believe in gun ownership for law abiding citizens. Many years ago, my dad was murdered by two idiots who robbed and shot him on the pretense that they were legit cab fares. They got less than $5...and got out less than 20 years after (can you tell I am in favor of the death penalty?). He was shot with a saw off .22...probably gained the weapon out on the streets for next to nothing. Anyway, I applied for and got my firearms ID as soon as I was notified that those idiots were out of incarceration. It took me damn near 6 months and over $800 to legally obtain a handgun. That's the approximately $100 cost of the permits, the waiting time and the $700 cost of the handgun (Browning 9mm 13+1). After no longer needing the gun, I sold it back to the professional gun dealer I purchased it from. I no longer own any weapons (I have kids, no need for one, etc.), but to this day cannot understand why it's so easy to pick one up off the street and so hard to legally apply for a weapon permit. I will now jump off this soapbox...
Not sure if it's illegal to actually own one in New Jersey but if you are CAUGHT with one, it's considered possesion of a weapon in the state of New Jersey
NJ 2C:39-3
e. Certain weapons. Any person who knowingly has in his
possession any gravity knife, switchblade knife, dagger,
dirk, stiletto, billy, blackjack, metal knuckle, sandclub,
slingshot, cestus or similar leather band studded with
metal filings or razor blades imbedded in wood, ballistic
knife, without any explainable lawful purpose, is guilty
of a crime of the fourth degree.
Heather in SJ
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
--Eleanor Roosevelt, 1937
