It depends on the particular circumstances of your case. The Graves Act, which accompanies most gun charges, requires mandatory periods of parole ineligibility which means that if you are convicted of such an offense there is a mandatory State prison sentence that you must serve before being eligible for parole. On a second degree offense it is 42 months. On a fourth degree offense it is 18 months. There are exceptions to the Graves Act which allow lesser sentences. These exceptions are fact specific to each particular case which is why you need an experienced criminal defense attorney, such as myself, to navigate you through this process.