A New Jersey State Police spokesman said not a single large-capacity magazine has been turned in since the law went into effect nearly nine months ago. Residents can also bring them to their local police departments. Source
Well done New Jersey gun owners!
United We Stand!
There are about 1 million legal gun owners in the state of New Jersey.
In December of 2018, New Jersey passed a law to ban magazines that held more than 10 rounds.
When New Jersey’s ban on large-capacity gun magazines went into effect last December, it forced gun owners to make a decision.
Should they turn the magazines over to law enforcement? Should they modify them into compliance? Should they sell them to authorized owners or store them in another state?
Or simply ignore the law which banned magazines that have more than 10 rounds?
There are about one million gun owners in the state, which translates into a huge number of magazines.
The penalties are rather severe if one gets caught in New Jersey with a magazine that holds 10 or more rounds.
Some gun owners have buried their large-capacity magazines in their backyard or behind sheetrock in their garage, said Eric Rebels, a local gun rights activist and owner of GunSitters, a secure firearms storage system company.
Others are opting to store them away from their homes.
Patti Sapone | NJ Advance Media A cart full of high capacity magazines that needs to be put in a locked safe. County Line Firearms leases a firearm security vault to hold high capacity magazines that have been turned over to them (Patti Sapone | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)
“Thousands and thousands” of large-capacity magazines are stored currently at GunSitters in Whippany, where gun owners have handed over their large-capacity magazines, taking advantage of the storage option as litigation plays out, Rebels said. Some have turned over more than 100 magazines, which are held in a 3,000-square-foot steel vault.
This is not the first time that gun owners have ignored bans in the States.
