Dumont, NJ – The momentum is building. Another New Jersey town has joined the growing movement to roll back part of the state’s sky-high concealed carry permit fees, delivering a hard-fought win for Second Amendment supporters.
This week, Dumont officials in Bergen County passed Resolution 2025-216, pledging to refund the municipal portion of the state’s $200 carry permit fee. That means law-abiding residents who paid to exercise their constitutional right will get $150 back—the amount that typically goes straight into the town’s coffers.
It’s the third municipality in the Garden State to take this stand, following Englishtown and Franklin Township. Together, these towns are signaling to Trenton that the fight against “rights taxes” is far from over.
“We’re delighted that officials in Dumont have stepped up for its residents,” said Andrew Gottlieb, managing director of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA). “The state set this ridiculous fee to discourage everyday people from applying for carry permits. By rebating the municipal cut, these towns are saying, ‘We won’t be complicit in pricing out our own citizens.’”
The grassroots refund campaign is being pushed by CCRKBA in partnership with the NRA Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) and the New Jersey Firearms Owners Syndicate (NJFOS). Together, they’re encouraging other municipalities to follow suit.
When New Jersey hiked the carry fee from $50 to $200 after the 2022 Bruen Supreme Court decision, gun owners slammed it as a thinly veiled attempt to sidestep the ruling and block ordinary people from carrying. Of that $200 fee, $50 goes to the state and $150 goes to the applicant’s local government—a loophole that gun rights groups are now using to fight back.
“It’s almost like playing Robin Hood,” Gottlieb said. “We’re taking back money the state tried to rip from its own citizens. And our hats are off to the officials who’ve shown real loyalty to their constituents by approving these rebates.”
Dumont’s resolution comes on the heels of Englishtown’s move in June, where Mayor Daniel Francisco made waves by launching the first rebate program in the state. Francisco, a longtime gun rights advocate, called the $200 fee “a quiet tax on your rights.” His town’s action sparked interest from other communities—and now the fire is spreading.
Gun owners are hopeful that more towns will join the fight. “This isn’t going to happen overnight,” Gottlieb admitted. “But it is going to happen. New Jersey’s law-abiding gun owners deserve no less.”
For now, Dumont residents who’ve paid the $200 fee can apply for a rebate from the borough. And in a state known for some of the strictest gun laws in America, even small victories like these feel like a revolution in progress.
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Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (www.ccrkba.org) is one of the nation’s premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit organization, the Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms through active lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grass-roots organization of gun rights activists in local communities throughout the United States.
at least there are still some that believe in constitution and do what they can