Pennsylvania woman faces 3 years in jail.

A Philadelphia mother of two is facing three years in prison after she mistakenly entered New Jersey, where she was stopped for a traffic violation and found in possession of a handgun loaded with hollow-point bullets.

Shaneen Allen, 27, was pulled over in New Jersey’s Atlantic County after making an unsafe lane change in the early morning hours of Oct. 1. Allen then told the officer that she had the .380 Bersa Thunder handgun, as well as a concealed carry permit for Pennsylvania, unaware that her permit was not transferable to The Garden State.








“The gun charge was not proper to begin with at all,” her attorney, Evan Nappen, told FoxNews.com. “She made an honest mistake.”

Allen, who has no criminal record, was later charged with unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of hollow-point bullets. If convicted, the illegal possession of the handgun is a second-degree felony punishable by a mandatory minimum sentence of three years in prison.

We've been here before. Check the damn laws first! Owning weapons (firearms) isn't just a constitutional right. It's a huge responsibility on the private citizen.

If you wish to own a firearm, then be responsible enough! "I didn't know", "honest mistake", blah, blah, blah.

Don't send her to prison, but still, send a clear message.

Make this part of her permanent record, and fine the snot out of her. If more of this keeps happening, then make it a felony conviction with prison time.

Bandit wrote:

We've been here before. Check the damn laws first! Owning weapons (firearms) isn't just a constitutional right. It's a huge responsibility on the private citizen.

If you wish to own a firearm, then be responsible enough! "I didn't know", "honest mistake", blah, blah, blah.

Don't send her to prison, but still, send a clear message.

Make this part of her permanent record, and fine the snot out of her. If more of this keeps happening, then make it a felony conviction with prison time.

I agree they should just fine her and take the guns away. But all states should recognize permits. 27 states do Pennsylvania but not New Jersey.

Shouldn't have to have a permit at all.