N.J.S. § 2C:58-3.3 "Handgun Ammunition" Defined; Sale, Purchase, Etc., Regulated; Violation, Fourth Degree Crime

• Library: New Jersey Permanent Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through L. 2023, c. 194.
• Year: 2023
• Citation: N.J.S. § 2C:58-3.3

a. As used in this act:

"Ammunition" means an object consisting of all of the following components: a fixed metallic or nonmetallic hull casing containing a primer; one or more projectiles, one or more bullets, or shot; and gunpowder. All of the specified components shall be present for an object to be ammunition. As used in this section, ammunition shall not include, without limitation, blank ammunition, air gun pellets, flare gun ammunition, nail gun ammunition, paint ball ammunition, or any non-fixed ammunition.

"Handgun ammunition" means ammunition designed such that it may be used in a handgun, including ammunition specifically designed to be used only in a handgun, as well as ammunition intended for use in any other firearm and which may be interchangeable between rifles and handguns. "Handgun ammunition" shall not include ammunition specifically designed to be used only in a rifle or shotgun.

b. A person shall not sell, give, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of, or receive, purchase, or otherwise acquire handgun ammunition unless the purchaser, assignee, donee, receiver or holder is licensed as a manufacturer, wholesaler, or dealer under this chapter or is the holder of and possesses a valid firearms purchaser identification card, a valid copy of a permit to purchase a handgun, or a valid permit to carry a handgun and first exhibits the card or permit to the seller, donor, transferor, or assignor along with a valid, current driver's license; valid, current nondriver identification card; or other valid, current government-issued form of photo identification.