I think you can only have 3 semi auto rifles in NYC

[Golden_006]

. . . and no handguns. This is what are rulers have in mind for the rest of the country (if they could pull it off w/o a revolution; fat chance but . . .) I am waiting for my permit but as far as I can tell they pretty much banned everything except hunting guns.

From everything I read online you can have -- Browning BAR, Ruger mini 30, and maybe something like a savage.

I just got back from South Florida. I think I might move there.

 

[kanook]

Just loose the accent when you get here

 

[Sheepdog1968]

A mini-30 would make an awesome home defense weapon. Can you own pump or semi-auto shotguns in NYC? Though no pistols seems to fly in the face of 2008 SCOTUS ruling, at least you have some good home defense options.

 

[Golden_006]

I don't have an annoying New Yawk accent. At least not a really noticeable one.

Also I would be happy with just the Mini 30. I did't really grow up in the type of place where huning and shooting recreationally was the norm. I am really interested in firearms for a more or less utilitarian reason -- a rifle for a civil disorder/ a Mossberg for SD. I am positive I can have the Mossberg and I was looking at a mini 30 while was at gun show in FL and the black one looks just as cool as an AR and no joke of a firearm.

The thing is after going to FL, I'm missing out on other things too. For what I pay you'd think the ammenities/cost of living would be the other way around but no . . . I pay an arm and a leg in taxes and an MTA that is filthy and never seems to get anywhere on time.

We'll see about the mini 30. They say you can't have a mini 14 on their website so I wonder if you really can have it. Also, I wonder if it's not just a case by case basis type of thing. A Gun dealer once told me he sold a shotgun to a guy in the same neighborhood I lived in in Queens last week, and the thing had a pistol grip, which is supposed to be illegal. So go figure. Although the buyer knew a cop the owner said and brough in some piece of paper with him.

Unfortunately there's that old pesky job I have/finding a new one, which I haven't had much luck with in recent years.

 

[LtFrankie]

NYC allows you to have semi-autos, just on the same level as say, Cali and they can deny any weapon that looks too scary. I don't know about semi shotguns, but pumps are legal.

Handguns are banned technically, and good luck getting the pistol license for one.

 

[hnk45acp]

handguns ARE NOT banned. You need to get a permit and you can own pretty much any handgun that holds 10 or less bullets.

 

[kanook]

The Mini 30 is a great choice and the new Mini 14 in 6.8 is an excellent choice. Yeh I know the ammo is hard to find, But....

 

[LtFrankie]

Hnk45acp: He's talking about NYC.

 

[LemmyCaution]

The Mini 30 is a great choice and the new Mini 14 in 6.8 is an excellent choice.

While I can think of worse firearms for home defense in NYC, one would be insane to use 7.62x39 or 6.8spc. The risk of collateral damage from stray bullets/overpenetration is far too high.

Further, the risk of burglary when you are not home is far greater than the risk of home invasion. Your biggest investment had better be a good safe.

I lived in crappy parts of of Brooklyn for 15 years. Situational awareness was far more valuable to me than a firearm. Firearms are great for equalizing things once you've already been chosen by the perp to be a victim. Your brain can keep you from becoming a victim in the first place.

That said, I'd opt for a decent defensive shotgun with No.1 or No.4 shot, were I still there and felt I needed one.

 

[Golden_006]

the mossberg home defense would be for home d. Good looking out on the shot #'s -- always wondered about a good one for an apt. The mini would be for when something goes horrible wrong as by the looks of things, it will; just look at your signature. How much/is there a small safe that only holds 2 guns? Besides i doubt they would finsd 2 guns hidden in a closet. They'd just take the tv dvd computer cash or something like that. Not go digging into closets for hidden rifles/shotguns

 

[hnk45acp]

Hnk45acp: He's talking about NYC.

I know I live in NYC, you can get handguns here, it's not easy and it takes about 6-10 months to get a permit but absolutely legal here.

 

[gunlover_06]

So basically they are banned in the sense that you or anyone else in the BIG APPLE should have to wait 6 to 10 months for, Is it really worth the wait because by that time a number of bad things could have happened.

 

[Prince Yamato]

So basically they are banned in the sense that you or anyone else in the BIG APPLE should have to wait 6 to 10 months for, Is it really worth the wait because by that time a number of bad things could have happened.

No, they are not banned at all, in any sense. They are just a royal pain in the neck to get and like all things in NYC, it's costly to get them ($340 registration / every couple of years). If you can afford to live in NYC though, you can probably afford the registration.

 

[Speedo66]

Anybody with a clean record and a few references can get a handgun permit in NYC. Target and home are easy, carry way more difficult to the point of almost impossible for the average citizen.

If you just want to shoot, not carry, go for it.

 

[withdrawn34]

Also, there a LOT of NYC transplants here in Florida, especially S Florida. And they'll tell you, whether you asked or not, about how much "Florida sucks" and "NYC is so awesome." Of course, don't ask them why they're here in the first place. But the laws are nicer here, at least

 

[divemedic]

I just got back from South Florida. I think I might move there.

The problem is that all of you New Yorkers move down here, complain that we aren't as "good" as NYC, and then you vote in the same stupid politicians that you had there, and we wind up becoming more and more like New York every year. I can't understand why you New Yorkers dislike NYC so much that you move somewhere else, and then do everything in your power to change your new home to be just like the old one.

 

[Golden_006]

You're probably talking about older liberal NYers who just moved there because of the weather/retirement and tend to vote Democrat no? I know that's the case with some parts of South Florida from the Bush/Gore recount thing. You mean them?

Kinda sucks though that liberals are trying to take it over though. I'l be damned if I move there and have the same ridiculous choices of communist politicians that I have here. I said in the line 2 of the OP they had the same thing in mind everywhere . . .

 

[divemedic]

Even some of the younger people from NYC come here and constantly talk about how much better NYC is than here. They claim it is boring and slow, that we don't have enough to do, and that we don't do (fill in the blank) like they do it in NYC. So, as soon as another New Yorker runs for office, they vote for him, and that is how so many left wing anti gun laws gain traction here. (see Dade county's anti gun show ordnance, or the new $1,000 per day fine for your grass being too tall) I just don't understand how you can dislike a place so much that you move away, and then spend all of your time trying to make the new place just like the old.

 

[ReadyontheRight]

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/LiBerty

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

lib·er·ty
Pronunciation: \ˈli-bər-tē\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural lib·er·ties
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French liberté, from Latin libertat-, libertas, from liber free — more at liberal
Date: 14th century
1 : the quality or state of being free: a : the power to do as one pleases b : freedom from physical restraint c : freedom from arbitrary or despotic control d : the positive enjoyment of various social, political, or economic rights and privileges e : the power of choice
2 a : a right or immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant : privilege b : permission especially to go freely within specified limits
3 : an action going beyond normal limits: as a : a breach of etiquette or propriety : familiarity b : risk, chance <took foolish liberties with his health> c : a violation of rules or a deviation from standard practice d : a distortion of fact
4 : a short authorized absence from naval duty usually for less than 48 hours

synonyms see freedom

 

[hnk45acp]

can we please not make this thread about bashing NYers
Some of us like the 2nd Amendment

 

[batjka]

Carry license is impossible, we all know this. There's no such thing as a "target" license in NYC. The only one they issue is the premise license. Meaning the gun is registered to the premises you're living on, not to you personally. When you move, you have to surrender your pistol to NYPD and apply all over again. With a premise license you can go to a range within CIty limits, but it's not valid outside of the City.

 

[rbernie]

Half this thread is about which rifle to choose, a quarter of it seems to be about moving to florida, and that only leaves about a quarter of the thread even attempting to address the OP's premise that there are numeric restrictions on the number of allowable semiautos in NYC.

Given that this is the Legal forum, I'd suggest addressing the latter issue and leave the others for more appropriate forums.