Sentences with phrase «gun permit»

Thousands of registered gun permit holders are trying to get their names removed from the public record, a daunting task for local officials.

Indian women are applying for gun permits in the aftermath of the gang rape of a 23 year old woman.

Six years later she spoke out against attempts to make gun permit records public.

Some of that information was already available on gun permit applications filed at county clerk's offices across the state, but it was often outdated or incomplete.

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Just consider the backlash The Journal News is weathering after its decision to publish on - line the names and addresses of gun permit holders in Westchester and Rockland counties.

The big goal for the NRA is to pass a bill allowing concealed - carry gun permits issued in one state to be valid in all states — a measure that already has 200 co-sponsors in the House.

New York Newsday ran with the story under the headline «Journal News gun permit map used by burglars to target White Plains home?»

A former Brooklyn prosecutor forked over thousands of dollars in bribes to get NYPD gun permits for New Yorkers who should not have had them, including people with records of...

NEW YORK (WBEN / AP)-- Democratic attorneys general from 17 states are calling on Congress to abandon legislation backed by the National Rifle Association that would allow concealed - carry gun permits issued in one state to be valid in all states.

«Resolved that the Orangetown Town Board condemns The Journal - News for publishing the names and addresses of legal gun permit owners in Rockland County,» the motion drafted by Morr read.

The New York State Appellate Court has ruled on Putnam County's refusal to give The Journal News the names and addresses of people with gun permits back in 2012, directing the county to release the records — a victory for the paper.

In a federal criminal court complaint filed on Monday by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, prosecutors claimed that in 2014 Reichberg already had the connections to get gun permits upgraded in a single day, not the months it usually takes, and had already gotten Grant a coveted post in Manhattan that would fast - track him to the upper echelons of the department.

A downstate newspaper published the names and addresses of local residents holding gun permits in late 2012.

Another man, Alex Lichtenstein, has also been arrested for bribing officers to fast track gun permits.

-- At the local Fourth of July parade, Alex Mooney proudly showed off his West Virginia concealed gun permit.

The anonymity exemption, which requires gun owners to provide a reason they wish to remain out of the public record, is a response to the controversy that followed the Journal News» publication last month of the names and addresses of over 33 thousand hand gun permit holders in Rockland and Westchester counties, north of New York City.

According to him, listing gun permit holders by name and zip code or census tract could better satisfy the competing demands the personal privacy and public disclosure, than simply exempting data from public record.

He said in light of the current controversy the clerks of all 62 counties in New York support legislation restricting publication of gun permit registration.

Eight other officers — the majority are high - ranking officials — have been disciplined so far in the growing scandal, including a sergeant and an officer in the NYPD License Division who are suspected of taking money in exchange for helping applicants obtain gun permits.

-LSB-...] the names and addresses of gun permit owners and publishing them suddenly is out of a job.

It postponed another vote on a bill easing gun permitting.

In addition to Grant and Harrington, NYPD Sergeant David Valenueva and Officer Richard Ochetal have been arrested on charges that they providing gun permits to unqualified applicants in exchange for thousands of dollars in bribes.

Manhattan federal prosecutors Monday blasted the notion that a former Brooklyn prosecutor accused of paying bribes for NYPD gun permits did it for love — not the money.

Also Monday, the feds arrested Sgt. David Villanueva and Officer Richard Ochetal of the NYPD License Division for allegedly taking cash bribes from Brooklyn businessman, Alex Lichtenstein, who wanted gun permits for undeserving applicants paying him as much as $ 18,000 each.

The Buffalo News subsequently requested gun permit data from the Erie County Clerk.

Newtown in recent years has issued about 130 gun permits annually.

As many as 10 other officers — mostly high - level officials — have been caught up in the federal probe, including two in the License Division who are suspected of taking money in exchange for gun permits without proper background checks.

Two other officers from the NYPD License Division have also been stripped of their guns and badges during the probe for allegedly taking bribes from a Borough Park - based businessman, who was arrested for allegedly arranging gun permits for friends and clients for up to $ 18,000 each.

But his live - and - let - live approach also applies to the city's gun permitting process, which he recently told a gathering of Staten Island Tea Party members is so «extreme» that it is «almost a level of harassment at a certain point.»

The various pieces of legislation championed by New York Legislators for Gun Violence Prevention would strengthen background checks, close loopholes for out - of - state gun permit holders, prevent those convicted of certain domestic violence offenses from buying guns, among other measures.

Privacy for gun - owners became a concern when the Gannett - owned newspaper the Journal News decided to publish an interactive online map detailing the exact addresses of local gun permit holders.

A house on Britta Lane in New City was burglarized yesterday, with two handguns, cash, jewelry and two gun permits among the items stolen, Clarkstown Police have announced.

Chambers, 63, is on trial in Manhattan federal court for paying bribes in exchange for hard - to - obtain NYPD and Nassau County Police Department gun permits.

One of the group's officers was arrested last year for allegedly bribing cops with cash and other goodies to expedite gun permit requests.

The political response in Saugerties to Ulster County Sheriff Paul Van Blarcum's call for men and women with legal gun permits to carry their weapons in public ranged from silence to the succinct to the verbose.

The Newtown massacre has generated so much proposed legislation — to expand the state's assault - weapons ban, make gun permit holders» names available publicly, reform the mental health system, and increase school security — that leaders of the General Assembly have decided they need to step in and direct traffic.

Support also vowed for tighter restrictions on gun permit information BY DYLAN SKRILOFF The Journal News editorial board and publisher Janet Hasson were condemned today by law enforcement, a bipartisan group of legislators, County Clerk Paul Piperato and the five major political parties of Rockland County, for their publication of an interactive map exposing the -LSB-...]

Florida has more than 1 million people who have concealed gun permits.

«The county clerk is really about the nuts and bolts of everyone's life, whether it's getting your car registration renewed, or getting your passport application processed, or a hand gun permit.»

He said the clerks of all 62 counties in New York support legislation restricting publication of gun permit registration.

.@FLSenate passes by w / o comment, @dennisbaxley's bill allowing concealed weapons at churches w / schools; and announces it's postponing another that eases gun permitting.

As CBS2 Political Reporter Marcia Kramer reported, Alex «Shaya» Lichtenstein, formerly of Borough Park and now of Rockland County, was accused of running a thriving business selling NYPD gun permits.