Co worker is planning on moving back to NY state next month, and was wanting to buy a handgun while he is still a resident of South Carolina. What are the procedures for him to take the gun into NY state legally? Any NY state registration required?
EDIT: I'm assuming he will not be allowed to bring in anything with over a 10 rd mag? I'm pointing him towards an XD .45 with his budget he has to work with.
If he doesn't already have the handgun, it will be much easier, legally safer, and less expensive to wait until he gets to NY, wait out the 6 months, apply for the permit, and then get the handgun there.
In the mean time for HD, get a good used shotgun (again, once he gets there).
As for leaving the gun with the police for "safekeeping" ... that sounds like a universally bad idea:
1) they are not in the storage business
2) you'll have no guarantee of the conditions of storage
3) stuff has a bad habit of 'vanishing' from police stations, particularly nice guns
4) you will have committed a crime in NY just taking it to them
If he is going to leave it somewhere for "safekeeping", leave it with a friend or relative in SC, and have them have an FFL ship it to a NY ffl once he gets a permit.
(former resident of Bath, NY, 90 mins from Binghamton, current resident of Lexington, SC)