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From: mzal@pegasus.UUCP (Mike Zaleski)
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Subject: Re: Firearms ownership
Message-ID: <2806@pegasus.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 11-Jul-86 09:38:09 EDT
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Summary: Guns are not actually outlawed in NYC.

In article <3623@ut-ngp.UUCP>, boyter@ut-ngp.UUCP (Cpt Brian Boyter) writes:

> A couple of weeks ago, a guy was attacked by 5 armed youths in NYC...
> He was lucky because he is a private detective and was able to kill his
> attackers because he HAD A HANDGUN....   If it had been you or I,
> we would be dead because NYC has the marvelous Sullivan laws which
> prevent honest citizens from having weapons even in there home...

It is not illegal to have a weapon (handgun, rifle, or shotgun)
in your home in New York City.  A handgun permit costs $100 (I
believe this is an annual cost), plus a $28 state police processing
fee.  The processing time is several months.  You also have to make
a special trip to an office in Manhattan to apply.

Rifle and shotgun permits are less difficult to get, as I understand
it.  I was told that when I get a handgun permit, I could go to any
police station and get a rifle/shotgun permit on the spot.

There are also provisions for guns permits for businesses and
to carry a weapon.  The paperwork is more complex for these cases.

-- "The Model Citizen" Mike^Z
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