                     DOCKET NO. A-1013-17T3

IN THE MATTER OF THE
APPEAL FOR THE DENIAL
OF A PERMIT TO PURCHASE
A HANDGUN OF D.A.
__________________________

                 Submitted February 25, 2019 – Decided March 11, 2019

                 Before Judges Haas and Sumners.

                 On appeal from Superior Court of New Jersey, Law
                 Division, Monmouth County.

the September 22, 2017 Law Division order

upholding a municipal police chief's denial of his application for a New Jersey

Firearms Purchaser Identification Card (FPIC) and a handgun purchase permit.

We affirm.
      Appellant filed his application on June 26, 2014.           As part of his

application, appellant completed the Consent for Mental Health Records Search

form required by the State Police. Chief of Police R. Craig Weber assigned

Detective   Anthony     Dellatacoma     to   conduct    appellant's   background

investigation.

      During his investigation, Detective Dellatacoma obtained appellant's

school and available psychological records. These records revealed that in 1999,

when appellant was eight years old, he