NJ - fixed place of business - case law needed

[General Geoff]

According to NJ state law, one can carry a firearm on one's person in his or her fixed place of business. I saw a post on a forum once that made a passing reference (not cited) to a NJ Supreme Court decision that basically said only the owner of a business is allowed to do this.

Can anyone help me figure out if this is true?

 

[bushmaster1313]

I will get this for you.
as I recall it was an employee in a bar who got busted.

I do not think it was the NJ Supreme Court, rather it was local or appellate.

 

[General Geoff]

It was never appealed to the supremes??

 

[bushmaster1313]

State v. Valentine 124 N.J. Super 425, 307 A.2d 617 (A.D. 1973)

Manager of bar owned by another.
bummer

 

[bushmaster1313]

Anyone have more info on this?

 

[wishin]

Good question because it's been ruled in Georgia that "place of business", as written in our gun laws, is where you work, and does not just apply to the owner.

 

[General Geoff]

It's fairly sickening that such a seemingly important case is not available online. I'll have to see if I can find record of it in a law library.

 

[rscalzo]

Several NJ State v. Valentine cases are listed in the court's venues.. None one has anything to do with a bar or their employees.

 

[General Geoff]

Are either of them from 1973?

 

[rscalzo]

None. Oldest was 1994 and did have anything to do with that topic.

 

[mp510]

Several NJ State v. Valentine cases are listed in the court's venues.. None one has anything to do with a bar or their employees.

There was a 1973 NJ v. Valentine case that involved a bar manager and the question of fixed place of business question. It was cited in a place of business case here in CT.