Watch This Bill!!! #2

Gene Davis   Dec 04, 2024

Bill 2996

 

This bill will make it a requirement successful completion of firearms education program to obtain initial firearms purchaser identification card and permit to purchase a handgun!

"An applicant for a firearms purchaser identification card or permit to purchase a handgun shall not be issued the card or permit unless the applicant presents evidence of successfully completing a firearms education program of a type approved by the Superintendent of State Police or has received substantially equivalent training through law enforcement or military service.  Acceptable evidence of successfully completing a firearms education program shall include, but not be limited to, a certificate indicating satisfactory completion of a National Rifle Association firearms course, a certificate that the applicant is a certified National Rifle Association Firearms Instructor, a copy of a firearms or hunting license or permit from any other jurisdiction that requires the holder to successfully complete a substantially equivalent firearms education program, or any other documentation, certificate, or certification that the superintendent deems substantially equivalent.

     The firearms education program, which shall not exceed four hours, may be offered by the National Rifle Association, a State or local law enforcement agency, junior college, college, university, firearms training school, or any other entity approved by the superintendent."

 

https://legiscan.com/NJ/bill/S2996/2024