I retired from law enforcement in N.J. after 27 1/2 years and promptly listed my address to forward my pension as my house in Potter County, Pa. Never looked back. I have waited as long as six months for permit to purchase pistol permits, despite the fact that I was a state law enforcement official. In the communist state of N.J., one must file for the pistol permits with the police dept. having juristiction over your place of residence. Local police consistently ignore the part of the law that states that the permits must be issued or rejected within 30 days. Once my collection reached a certain level, I would purchase pistols/revolvers at various gun shops throughout the state and just have the lgs store them for me until I had enough transfers to make it worth my while to go down the the local police dept. and deal with their bad attitudes, usually that meant I applied for multiple permits about every six months. Sometimes I was applying for a new batch of permits before the last batch came in. It profited naught to inquire, inquiries usually prolonged the wait. When I retired, my wife, my dog and my gun safes went north and I have never looked back. My plan only bit me one time when I purchased a very nice S&W 27-2, 6 1/2inch revolver for the princely sum of $275.00 (about seven years ago) and when I took the permits in a half year later, the revolver couldn't be found. Dealer eventually admitted that he had 'mistakenly' sold it and offered to refund my money. I told the dealer I wanted it replaced, as it was worth considerably more than I had paid for it. After having dealt with this dealer for probably 30 years with countless firearms purchases, the dealer balked and said to me 'I can't believe you would let a couple of hundred dollars ruin our friendship'. Guess you could say it did, but somehow I didn't/don't see how I was the one being unreasonable.