There is an article in today's NY Times that "outs" prominent gun owners in NY. It states that there are 37K licenses issued in NYC and says they obtained the info vis an OPRA request, but it obviously went further than that as the artcle says it took the OPRA request AND a lawsuit. The info was obtained from the NYPD - which, at least, had the decency to redact addresses. They also did not release this info on retired LEO's - interesting. Some of the statements made by license holders, especially celebrities, are just assinine. Here's a link...

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/nyregion/20guns.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper

 

At least NJ shields this kind of info.

 

Adios,

 

Pizza Bob

so where is the full list? they show fox news, hannity, and morgan stanley. i guess the rich liberals arent included

I don't think it's that kind of the article. They prob just listed the names that ppl wud recognize the most and hold the highest positions . In the very beginning of the article they say that both dems and reps are on the list...,. Either way interesting . The article is not particularly antigun

a friend of mine purchased a handgun in nyc, 6 months to do all the paperwork and permitting, he can only shoot it at a registered range, the permit only allows the one range that it specifies..

a friend of mine purchased a handgun in nyc, 6 months to do all the paperwork and permitting, he can only shoot it at a registered range, the permit only allows the one range that it specifies..

Well, why doesn't he just become the CEO of a bank or become a movie star so he can get a carry permit? Jeez, some people are so lazy.

 

I love how they title this graphic: Handgun owners with permits tend to live in parts of the city with low crime rates

 

You got it backwards, dumb a** clowns! The reason those parts of the city have lower crime rates is because there are more handgun owners that live there!

so basically in NYC, if you have connections & lots of $$, then u get a carry permit, otherwise, u get sh*t!

so basically in NYC, if you have connections & lots of $$, then u get a carry permit, otherwise, u get sh*t!

Uhhh.. reality check bro, when it comes to hard to obtain items those are just about the only people who get the pass. NJ is exactly the same with carry permits, and just about everything else.

In NYC, anyone who isnt prohibited and wants to spend the money can get a pistol ownership permit. The carry permits, will need an nearly an act of God... or if you are politically connected to get. Just like NJ.

 

I was helping my buddy who lives in Brooklyn find out information on it. He decided against it as it was too much of a pain in the arse. There are companies in NYC that you can pay $$ to that will help you navigate the bureaucracy. Comes down to $$'s in essence for the ownership permits.

what happens after the 3 years if you dont renew?

what happens after the 3 years if you dont renew?

The cops will come looking for you.

 

I was talking to a guy who moved from LI to PA, he had a handgun permit in NY. Over there you must list all your handguns you own on the permit, and then renew it every several years. He moved to PA a few months after renewing his permit and didn't tell the NY cops he moved. When his permit expired they went looking for him in LI. Eventually they tracked him down in PA through his new PA DL. The NYSP called the PASP and insisted they go to his house and verify that he still was in possession of the handguns. Since PA doesn't care, and has better things to do, they just called him and asked if he still had the handguns, he said yes, to which they said they would tell NY he had them and all was well.

 

And you thought NJ was bad.

The cops will come looking for you.

 

I was talking to a guy who moved from LI to PA, he had a handgun permit in NY. Over there you must list all your handguns you own on the permit, and then renew it every several years. He moved to PA a few months after renewing his permit and didn't tell the NY cops he moved. When his permit expired they went looking for him in LI. Eventually they tracked him down in PA through his new PA DL. The NYSP called the PASP and insisted they go to his house and verify that he still was in possession of the handguns. Since PA doesn't care, and has better things to do, they just called him and asked if he still had the handguns, he said yes, to which they said they would tell NY he had them and all was well.

 

And you thought NJ was bad.

 

That's Bloombergism for you .....

I'm surprised the PA officials didn't just laugh and tell them to shove it (in a nice, political way of course)

You got it backwards, dumb a** clowns! The reason those parts of the city have lower crime rates is because there are more handgun owners that live there!

While there may be some truth to those 2 statistics, there is a lot more to it than just that simple causation/correlation. You have to consider the social aspects, economics, politics and a slew of other factors that dictate gun ownership.

That's Bloombergism for you .....

Unfortunately that is all of NY state, and has been that way for a while.

I'm surprised the PA officials didn't just laugh and tell them to shove it (in a nice, political way of course)

Apparently the NYSP had called the PASP numerous times before they even tried to contact the guy who moved from LI. The PASP told him that NYSP was very insistent that they go to his house and physically check the serial numbers to verify the guns were indeed in PA. They wanted nothing to do with it and only called him to get NY off their backs.