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Philly Mom Faces Jail Due To New Jersey's Strict Gun Laws
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Shaneen Allen, 27, was pulled over in Atlantic County
on traffic charges, but ended up arrested on weapons
charges that could send her to prison for three years.
Courtesy: Evan Nappen
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- When Shaneen Allen was pulled over in New Jersey last year, the Philadelphia woman assumed it would be a routine traffic stop.
But instead of getting a traffic ticket, the single mother of two young children was arrested on weapons charges that could send her to prison for three years.
The charges came after Allen told the officer she had a handgun in her vehicle and has a concealed carry permit issued by Pennsylvania. But that license carries no legal weight in New Jersey, which has some of the nation's strictest gun control laws.
Allen's case and others like it have highlighted the legal problems often faced by out-of-state residents who bring weapons to New Jersey, unaware of the rules that govern how guns can be brought into and transported throughout the state.
New Jersey requires that guns be carried unloaded and contained in a closed and fastened case, gun box or securely tied package or locked in the trunk. The state also imposes strict limits on how and where weapons can be transported, and it doesn't recognize carry permits issued by other states.
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