About Evan Nappen:

Evan Nappen is an active criminal defense attorney who has focused on firearms and weapons law for over 23 years.


He is the author of the books, New Hampshire Gun, Knife, and Weapon Law and the New Jersey Gun Law Guide. He is a director and the General Counsel of Pro-Gun New Hampshire, Inc. (http://www.pgnh.org/)


Evan has taken the battle for second amendment rights to directly to the state courts of NJ, NY and NH with an amazing track record of success. (www.efnappen.com).

• Gun Law Critic, James Kaleda, Targeted By NJ State Police – ARRESTED
  Published on Monday, March 10, 2014

  Obviously this situation has raised significant concerns and alarms for the over 1 million Citizens of NJ who own firearms and could easily find themselves More

• Evan Nappen on the Fight for Concealed Carry in NJ, This Week on Gun for Hire Radio
  Published on Monday, February 10, 2014

  Gun Rights Attorney, Evan Nappen pulls back the curtain and exposes a weird legal trick that could make New Jersey CCW an instant reality... More

• Nappen Law Firm files Second Amendment Brief with NJ Supreme Court
  Published on Thursday, January 23, 2014

  Without a permit to possess, the only way to legally possess a handgun in one’s home in New Jersey, is by exemption. Individuals, who rely More

• Pantaleon Granted Suppression of All Evidence Obtained Due To Jersey City Officer’s Unlawful Entry of His Home
  Published on Thursday, January 16, 2014

  In the center of his living room, he saw a man dressed entirely in dark clothing who had his back towards him. He cracked open More

• Judge Rules NJ Towns Can NOT Arbitrarily Add Additional Requirements for Gun Permits
  Published on Wednesday, January 08, 2014

  At least 1000 people submitted passport photos with their Firearm Applications before Jeremy Perez stood up and said "Not Me!" to the Paterson NJ Police More

• An Hour With Evan Nappen – This Week on Gun for Hire Radio
  Published on Monday, December 16, 2013

  This week we discuss the lunacy and stupidity that is New Jersey Gun Law.... More

• More KnockOut Game Victims & Holiday Gun Safety Tips – Gun For Hire Radio
  Published on Monday, December 09, 2013

  This week on Gun For Hire Radio #132The "Knockout" game is quickly racking up victims, but police officials say there is "definitely no trend."... More

• Evan Nappen, NJ Gun Laws Post Apocalypse, This Week on Gun For Hire Radio
  Published on Monday, October 28, 2013

  NJ Gun Laws post apocalypse: It just got harder to be a gun owner in the Garden State, but there's amnesty for some... More

• New Jersey Gun Law 2014 Edition by Evan Nappen Available Now
  Published on Thursday, October 24, 2013

  The famous gun law book is now over 500 pages long. It is go to resource for gun owners who want to understand NJ gun More

• Defend Yourself, Get Fired – So Says Nouria Energy Corporation
  Published on Wednesday, October 16, 2013

  A clerk named Shannon Cothran used a firearm to save his life while working at the Shell gas station on Main Street in Nashua. His More

• Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs Sues New Hampshire Over Non-Resident Carry License Denials
  Published on Thursday, October 10, 2013

  The Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs has filed suit against the NH Department of Safety over an illegal rule reversal that prevents More

• New Hampshire Now Has ‘Constitutional Carry’,,, Almost
  Published on Wednesday, August 07, 2013

  A recent New Hampshire Supreme Court decision has ruled that in order for a handgun to be considered “loaded” the handgun must either have a More

• Student Protection Act – This Week on Gun Talk Radio
  Published on Thursday, July 25, 2013

  It’s news from New Jersey and Colorado, proposed legislation regarding zero tolerance policies, and more, this week on Tom Gresham's Gun Talk Radio... More

• Evan Nappen To Bring ‘Justifiable Need’ Case To NJ Supreme Court
  Published on Wednesday, July 24, 2013

  The ultimate question in this case is why should an individual be required to demonstrate a "need" in order to exercise a fundamental, constitutional, right, More

• NJ Supreme Court to Hear 2A Case on ‘Justifiable Need’, NJ’s Excuse for Denying All Concealed Carry Permits
  Published on Tuesday, July 23, 2013

  Although Concealed Carry Laws are on the books in New Jersey, judges and police chiefs have almost unanimously declined concealed carry permits to everyone but, More

• Fun & Horror of New Jersey Gun Laws This Week on Gun for Hire Radio
  Published on Monday, July 15, 2013

  New Jersey's Gun Lawyer joins us for another hour of fun and horror-stories,courtesy of lunacy that is... New Jersey Gun Law... More

• Gun For Hire Range Grand Opening This Week On Gun For Hire Radio
  Published on Monday, April 22, 2013

  Gun For Hire Range grand opening celebration, Attorneys Evan Nappen and Richard Gilbert and Dr. Eric Waldorf join in on the festivities... More

• New Jersey and Colorado – This Week on Gun Talk Radio
  Published on Thursday, March 21, 2013

  It’s the latest cases out of New Jersey, a TV show producer moving productions out of Colorado, and more, this week on Tom Gresham's Gun More

• Family Says New Jersey Overreacted to Boy’s Gun Photo
  Published on Wednesday, March 20, 2013

  Cam Edwards talks to Evan Nappen, attorney for Shawn Moore on the shake down and night time raid by New Jersey's Department of Children and More

• Senator Feinstein’s Book Ban
  Published on Friday, March 15, 2013

  "The question that I would pose to the senior senator from California is," said Cruz to Feinstein, "Would she deem it consistent with the Bill More

• Possession of Firearms in Home, begets New Jersey Man 30 days in Jail
  Published on Wednesday, March 06, 2013

  Believing that his residence may be being broken into, he grabbed his soft-bound Day Planner case (which also held a lawfully purchased handgun), and cracked More

• Can You Buy Company Stock & Then Carry At Work? – Answers, Gun for Hire Radio
  Published on Monday, March 04, 2013

  If you’re a stockholder in a public company, does that qualify you to carry on premises under the NJ exemption 2C:39-5? The shocking answers to More

• Gun Nuts Relax, Obama Does Not Want to Take Your Guns
  Published on Tuesday, February 12, 2013

  This was very comforting to hear. They just concerned for us and want to calm gun owners’ fears. Biden wouldn't be trying to lull gun More

• Proposed NJ Gun Bills Could Cancel All NJ FID Cards, Mandate Police Turn-In Or Face Felony
  Published on Monday, January 21, 2013

  These three bills have the potential to void every FID card in the state, and require their immediate return... More

• Gun Lawyer Evan Nappen on this Week Gun for Hire Radio
  Published on Monday, January 07, 2013

  Evan F. Nappen reveals some surprising, little known secrets about New Jersey Firearms law - "they" don't want you to know... More

• Eagle Scout Project Takes on Restoration of the Historic Wilson Hill Pistol Club
  Published on Sunday, October 14, 2012

  Nathanael “Teddy” Nappen, Troop 75 Bow, Daniel Webster Council, has completed his Eagle Scout Service Project, which was to help restore the historic Wilson Hill More

• 101 Reasons Why You NEED an “Assault Weapon”
  Published on Thursday, July 26, 2012

  A question we are all tired of hearing in the so-called "debate" over so-called "assault weapons" is, "why does anybody need one?" Here is the More

• Obama’s ATF Targeting Hispanic Gun Buyers with New Racist Form 4473
  Published on Wednesday, July 11, 2012

  Every person completing this form must now, under a new question “10.a,” confirm or deny whether they are Hispanic or Latino. Failure to do so More

• Special Guest Evan Nappen & Frank Fiamingo on Gun for Hire Radio
  Published on Monday, July 02, 2012

  Special Guest Evan Nappen and Frank Fiamingo from the NJ2AS. Tune in to see just how bad it really is in New Jersey, where fun More

• For 1st Time NJ’s Higher Court Applies Right to Keep and Bear Arms
  Published on Friday, June 22, 2012

  For the first time in New Jersey legal history, the Appellate Division of the Superior Court has applied the U.S. Constitution’s 2nd Amendment Right to More

• Why is the NJ State Police Allowing Prohibited Persons to Get Guns?
  Published on Monday, May 07, 2012

  New Jersey’s gun laws changed and a brand new category of persons was banned from purchasing and possessing guns. Anyone who has had firearms seized More

• Gun For Hire Radio Episode 48 “Rectal Itch”
  Published on Monday, April 30, 2012

  Anthony gives 9 sensible, 6 weird and 1 really out there— tips to keep your kids from becoming victims when they leave the nest... More

• Superior Court Orders Newton NH Police Chief to Issue Gun License & Pay Attorney Fee Costs
  Published on Friday, April 06, 2012

  In a court case that should give notice to every police chief in New Hampshire to obey the law on issuing concealed carry licenses, a More

• Unloaded Guns on Your Dashboard in NJ Legal? – YES
  Published on Monday, February 20, 2012

  Thinking about showing your buddy that great new handgun you just bought? Think again… Under NJ law, that could land both of you in the More

• New Jersey’s Nappen Firm Wins Two Firearm Appeals
  Published on Wednesday, February 08, 2012

  These victories do not just support firearm rights, but also civil rights for those who face unfair treatment by the courts or by the state More

• New Jersey Second Amendment Society President’s Report – 12/9/2011
  Published on Friday, December 09, 2011

  I ask you all to use this experience to intensify your commitment to making the RKBA the norm in New Jersey... More