ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
01-2-6378 In the Matter of Appeal of Denial of Application by P.M. for Firearms Purchaser Identification Card and Permit to Purchase Handgun, App. Div. (per curiam) (16 pp.) P.M. appealed from the Law Division order upholding a municipal police chief’s denial of his application for a New Jersey Firearms Purchaser Identification Card and a handgun purchase permit. The panel affirmed, declining to second-guess the judge’s finding that granting P.M.’s application would not be in the interests of the public health, safety or welfare. The panel found that the judge carefully analyzed the reports of P.M.’s medical experts and carefully explained his reasons for rejecting one and giving limited weight to the other and why their opinions did not negate the concerns raised about P.M.’s fitness when viewed through the prism of his entire mental health history and that the denial of the application under the N.J.S.A. 2C:58-3(c)(5) disqualification was established by a preponderance of the evidence.
