Posted: 12/4/2005 1:48:05 PM EDT
| I've been pondering making an AK clone from a flat and a kit in the spring/summer, but what are the laws concerning homemade guns in NJ? Will I have to engrave some serial number and do paperwork (and kinda ruin the whole purpose of a kit-gun) or is it kosher to go right ahead an make an EWR (Evil Wood Rifle) in my basement? I want to know now so I can grab a kit before barrel ban shortages really kick in. |
| I asked pretty much the same question a while ago. The answer seemed to be that there is no exemption in New Jersey law for personal use like there is in federal law. You would have to fill out the paperwork to be a manufacturer. I looked over the statute and agree with that assesment. |
Ya, I figure I will anyway. $99 now seems small, but I'll be glad that I did it 1st before the shortage hits. Edit: On similar note, will making an evil SKS (specifically, this: http://www.tapco.com/product_information.asp?number=STK660166&back=yes or this: http://www.tapco.com/product_information.asp?number=STK660166&back=yes from a Yugo make the SKS an AW in NJ, or is it ok as long as it doesn't have a detachable mag (and I play that 10 part game to satisfy 922)? |
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You can however build up a kit from a 100% receiver in NJ. The receiver is considered the firearm, and it will have to go through an FFL. Also, here is a hypothetical....if you move to NJ from another state,and bring your long arms with you, you do not have to register them..correct?You will have to get a FID though. ..what if you built an AK in another state, and then brought it with you to NJ? Any ideas on if this is legal? Im guessing you would have to be able to somehow prove where it was built? Im sure the answer lies at the end of an expensive run through the courts. |
Registration is strictly voluntary, whether you bought the firearm(s) in state while a resident or in another state while a legal resident there. Why do you believe you have to get a FID? FIDs are for buying firearms. At least one gun club I've noticed requires a FID for membership as a matter of policy. Aside from those two reasons, there's nothing in the NJ law text that compels a firearm owner to get a FID.
The AK would have to comply with NJ "assault weapon" limitations, or else you'd have to register it as such. And no mags w/ greater than 15 rds capacity.
It depends on the circumstances. Legally (and I'm not a lawyer, I just read the NJ law very thoroughly before I moved here) you'd assert that you owned the firearm prior to moving here. A receipt for purchase of the lower receiver would be helpful in proving the date that you purchased it. |