Disturbing New York City trend.

[Mantua]

Does NYC actually issue CCW permits? It might be worthwhile for those who ENJOY city life to drop the extra $500 to get one, and I know I would if I lived near the city. I'm toying with the idea of applying for an RI permit, but it's may issue- as in "We MAY issue it, sure, and pigs MAY fly.".

They generic "Since the laws there suck, you should move!" response doesn't apply to everyone. It's EXPENSIVE to move , and I've actually had to (oh no!) stop buying guns so I could finance my move back north. VERY unpleasant.

If you like NYC, and like to carry, convince your friends to do the same. Tell your friends to tell their friends. Bring coworkers to the range, and encourage them to shoot, train and CCW.

 

[shookwell]

Yes, NYC issues permits. To Donald Trump, not to you and me.

 

[ctdonath]

They generic "Since the laws there suck, you should move!" response doesn't apply to everyone. It's EXPENSIVE to move

Yes it does, and yes it is. Life is an exercise in balancing the good with the bad. Make your choices, take the consequences. I left NY, paid the movers two weeks ago, and the sense of freedom is palatable. Sure the movers were expensive ... but the drop in property tax alone more than paid for that - and the nifty new NY-prohibited, GA-legal suppressed SBR.

 

[ziadel]

CT has it right, I paid a LOT of money to move myself clear across the country. The air smells fresher and food tastes better now that I'm in a free state. New York is headed towards all sorts of prooblems that have nothing to do at all with firearms, better to get out now. Besides from my experience moviung from a unfriendly gun state to a friendly gun state means that common sense and personal responsibility reign. I'm a big fan of common sense.

 

[hnk45acp]

In addition to the $439, you have to appear in person at 1 Police Plaza in Manhattan a total of 5 separate times (get an application, submit the app, go for an interview, pick up your permit, bring your purchased firearm for inspection) during work hours. You also have to give them a list of every summons or arrest you ever had, every place you lived (past 5 years I think), every place you've worked, and some other stuff. They will call your boss, and your wife, and whatever references you give them. And this is all just to own a firearm in your own home. Also, if you get caught with a round that's not the same caliber as the gun on your license, you get arrested. And if you get arrested for anything, expect to have to fight for your license, because they will take it away.

I'm helping a friend thru the process (so far 7 month in). She JUST got her interview and the bizarre little things you have to know about the process will make your mind explode. By the end, you'll know the location of every notary public around yourself and all your references.

You'll realize that phone bills and gas bills are acceptable for proof of address but cable tv bills are not Where do they think your TV is located:banghead: Also you'll realize that the phone bill part that you send with your payment is the only location that has the address on it

All in all it's like the movie BRAZIL

If things are ideal she'll get her permit in about 4 weeks which would make the whole process about 8 months

 

[gunsmith]

I'm a native New Yorker

The best thing I ever did was move.
I have ammo for guns that I no longer own but may again someday, that too is illegal in NYC?
Wow ...just...wow.
I could buy 1000 guns in an hour if I had the dough.
I refuse to set foot in that place, at least until Heller V DC
passes through the SCOTUS, we win big, and my CCW is recognized in the place of my birth.

 

[AirForceShooter]

I'm from NYC.
Let me explain it to you.
Lot's of people in NYC have guns and I mean a lot. They carry them and they use them in self defense. They just don't tell anybody. The last estimate I heard was that there are over 500,000 handguns in NYC.
It's kind of like Prohibition was. Yeah, it's against the law but who cares.

I'm not condoning it but there it is.
It's so nice to be out of there.

AFS

 

[glummer]

ct

Make your choices, take the consequences.

And then what?
Are you saying one should not only take the consequences, but refrain from criticizing the situation, too?

 

[ctdonath]

Did I say that?