M.S. v. Millburn Police Department

In 1997, plaintiff was issued a domestic violence complaint and a restraining order, and the police seized plaintiffs five handguns and his firearms purchaser identification card (firearms card). The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office then filed a petition to forfeit those handguns pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:25-21(d)(3) of the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 1991 (Domestic Violence Forfeiture Statute). Plaintiff entered into a consent judgment with the Prosecutor’s Office in which he agreed to sell the firearms or, otherwise, surrender title to the weapons. Plaintiff sold the weapons. The…