{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-13-1g-21.1","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 13:1G-21.1","heading":"Definitions","body":"1.   As used in this act:\n\"Handgun\" means a pistol, revolver or other firearm originally designed or manufactured to be fired by the use of a single hand.\n\"Rifle\" means a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder and using the energy of the explosive in a fixed metallic cartridge to fire a single projectile through a rifled bore for each single pull of the trigger.\n\"Shotgun\" means a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder and using the energy of the explosive in a fixed shotgun shell to fire through a smooth bore either a number of ball shots or a single projectile for each pull of the trigger, or any firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder which does not fire fixed ammunition.\n\"Skeet shooting\" means shooting with a shotgun at a succession of clay pigeons sprung at different angles into the air from a trap.\n\"Trapshooting\" means shooting with a shotgun at a clay pigeon sprung into the air from a trap.\nL.1991,c.391,s.1.","path":["TITLE 13 CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT--PARKS AND RESERVATIONS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"22eb8aedf92f4026a7cf60d324e525d204cae3e2cda6e2f69e50240d9c648a73","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-13-1g-21","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-13-1g-21.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}