Swordsmyth
12-17-2018, 05:02 PM
When New Jersey passed its ban on possession of magazines containing more than 10 rounds in June, it gave the state’s million or so law-abiding gun owners 180 days to comply. The law provided five options: 1) modify the offending magazines so they could accept no more than 10 rounds; 2) “render the firearm [that accepts such magazines] inoperable”; 3) register firearms that cannot be “modified to accommodate 10 or less rounds”; 4) transfer the firearm or the magazine to “an individual or entity entitled to own or possess it”; or 5) surrender the firearm or the magazine to local law enforcement.
The million or so law-abiding gun owners selected option No.6 (https://www.ammoland.com/2018/12/new-jersey-magazine-ban-goes-into-effect/#axzz5ZtLpJL3p): ignore the law and defy its enforcement.
The 180-day period expired on December 11, and not a single magazine has been turned in to any local law-enforcement agencies, according to responses obtained from Ammoland’s John Crump: “Ammoland reached out to several local police departments in New Jersey to see how they plan on enforcing the ban, and [to learn] what the turn-in numbers have been [as of December 14]. Like the New Jersey State Police, none of these departments have a concrete plan on how to proactively enforce the ban, and none had a single report of magazines being turned over.”
The penalty for being found in possession of one of the newly offending magazines is stiff: It’s a felony, with punishment consisting of up to 18 months in jail, and up to $10,000 in fines, or both.
More at: https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/30942-a-million-new-jersey-gun-owners-ignore-state-s-magazine-ban
The million or so law-abiding gun owners selected option No.6 (https://www.ammoland.com/2018/12/new-jersey-magazine-ban-goes-into-effect/#axzz5ZtLpJL3p): ignore the law and defy its enforcement.
The 180-day period expired on December 11, and not a single magazine has been turned in to any local law-enforcement agencies, according to responses obtained from Ammoland’s John Crump: “Ammoland reached out to several local police departments in New Jersey to see how they plan on enforcing the ban, and [to learn] what the turn-in numbers have been [as of December 14]. Like the New Jersey State Police, none of these departments have a concrete plan on how to proactively enforce the ban, and none had a single report of magazines being turned over.”
The penalty for being found in possession of one of the newly offending magazines is stiff: It’s a felony, with punishment consisting of up to 18 months in jail, and up to $10,000 in fines, or both.
More at: https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/30942-a-million-new-jersey-gun-owners-ignore-state-s-magazine-ban