Has anyone else noticed that purchasing a new firearm in New Jersey takes days for some reason now. But if you go across the PA you can buy it in 15 minutes. Why exactly are we letting this happen? I have never left the gun store without my new gun…

NICS is handled by the state police, like a 4 person unit or something and since the Murphy shutdown the unit for covid they've been backlogged at least a week when restarted. There used to be a site to check but I can't find it. In Free America NCIS is handled by an automated regional FBI database that issues, approved, unapproved or delayed with in minutes.

Edit I guess it's a good sign that there are that many firearms being sold in the state

I heard from some friends in NJ telling me NICS checks were up to a week at one point in the past year. Crazy.

That is an interesting factoid. I was unaware we used a different NICS system then the rest of the country.

Just as a follow up I found the site
https://www.njportal.com/NJSP/NicsVerification

They're only running a day behind now it seems

My purchase in June took only 1 day to approve.

Fed law provides 3 days, after which the sale goes through...so NJ is blatantly violating that

"A right delayed is a right denied"

A handful of states actually use a state point of contact instead of the national system, PA does as well. There is no cost for the national NICS which is the nice part if you're in a state that uses it.

LOL Like Pleb rights matter in NJ... Seriously in NJ we have to get "permission" to buy , in the form of and ID card and/or handgun purchase permits, from your local police department the state law state it should be approved or denied in 30 days. Cases have gone into court 90 + days and the judge is like they're busy so fuck you, your rights don't matter, they can take as long they need.

ETA: Interesting side note to that, they require employment info and have been known to contact employers for the fuck of it. mostly to harass and tell your employer you're buying a gun. Good thing I'm self employed.

Nj gets a two for one with their own system.  They can charge an additional 17 or 16 dollar fee to spite legal gun owners and they have total control of the system if they wish to stop gun sales altogether.  

Remember the first week of the covid shut downs.  Gun stores and people were told to blow it out their asses by the lords of Trenton.  

It is a sad state of affairs when it comes to people's allegedly constitutional rights in nj.  Remember not all constitutional rights are equal in nj.  

To be honest their is no constitutional right to own a gun in nj.  We all have permission from local law enforcement to own our guns???  So behave or else???
When you have to seek permission to exercise a right it isn't a right.  

That is all.

Oh I am well aware....I escaped in 2013 to free america.  Down here we don't even have to go through nics