New Jersey Gun Laws F.A.Q.

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• +Q: Does New Jersey require a permit to purchase weapons?
• +Q: Does New Jersey require owners to register their firearms with the police?
• +Q: Does New Jersey require an owner's license?
• +Q: Does New Jersey issue open carry permits?
• +Q: Does New Jersey issue concealed carry permits?
• +Q: Does New Jersey have preemption over subdivisions?
• +Q: Does New Jersey have a restriction on magazine capacity?
• +Q: Does New Jersey support the castle doctrine?
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  A:

  New Jersey justifies the use of force, deadly or otherwise, to defend one's self or others when there is reasonable belief that the force is immediately necessary to defend one's self or others in their home. These is no duty to retreat from one's home.

• +Q: Does New Jersey have a "stand-your-ground" law?
• +Q: Does New Jersey uphold a peaceable journey?
• +Q: Does New Jersey have restrictions on assault weapons?
• +Q: What NFA restrictions does New Jersey have?

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