Expert: Dan Haynes - 11/27/2010

Question
Hey Dan I have two questions the first one is I received a deferred disposition as a juvenile for a burglary theft charge.  It was over twenty yeaers ago do I need to include that on my NJ FID application? Are disordeerly persons offenses grounds ebough for denial of my application in NJ?

Answer
Robert,

Thanks for asking. It is always best to
tell the truth so yes include it. New Jersey firearm laws say:

http://www.nraila.org/media/misc/nj.htm
Applications for a Permit to Purchase or FID shall be in the form prescribed by the Superintendent of State Police and shall set forth the name, residence, place of business, age, date of birth, occupation, sex, and physical description of the applicant, and shall state whether the applicant is a citizen, whether an alcoholic, habitual drunkard, drug dependent person, whether he has ever been confined or committed to a mental institution or hospital for treatment or observation of a mental or psychiatric condition on a temporary, interim, or permanent basis, whether he has been attended, treated, or observed by any doctor or psychiatrist or at any hospital or mental institution on an inpatient or outpatient basis for any mental or psychiatric condition, whether he presently or ever has been a member of any organization which advocates or approves acts of force and violence to overthrow the government, or which seeks to deny others their constitutional rights, whether he has ever been "convicted of a crime or disorderly persons offense," and "such other information as the superintendent shall deem necessary for the proper enforcement of (the gun law)." First time applicants must be fingerprinted.

Best regards,

Dan