Shortly after the tragic shooting events in Newton, Connecticut late last year, a newspaper serving suburban communities just outside New York City decided to publish on its website a map
of gun permit holders.
Regulations in NY SAFE, the new gun control law passed this week by the state of New York, preclude the release
of gun permit information for a 120 - period, allowing gun - owners to request a privacy exemption.
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of gun permit owners and publishing them suddenly is out of a job.
In my capacity as the Rockland County Clerk, I write to request that your newspaper remove the interactive map and any information which depicts the names and addresses
of gun permit holders in Rockland County from your website located at www.lohud.com.
In late December, the White Plains - based Journal News had infamously published the home addresses
of gun permit holders, including thousands of police and other law enforcement.
Joining Nulty and the County of Rockland Tuesday evening, the Orangetown Town Board publicly criticized the gun map of the Rockland County Journal - News, saying the newspaper's recent publishing of a map listing the names and addresses
of all gun permit holders endangers the lives and safety of all police, correction, undercover and investigative officers, from local town and village departments to federal security agencies.
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.
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.
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Publishing the home address
of gun permit holders raises privacy and safety concerns for both gun owners and non-gun owners alike.»
A New York appellate court has ruled in favor of the NYPD's decision NOT to release the addresses
of gun permit holders» to the NY Times newspaper.
But perhaps most troubling, Grant used his influence to speed up the delivery
of gun permits, including one to Reichberg — after coaching Reichberg to lie about handling diamonds, according to the criminal complaint.
Not exact matches
Also, sensitive items such as
guns, medicine, copyright items like CDs and DVDs need special
permits from the country
of origin and the destination country.»
The National Shooting Sports Foundation strips its background checks data
of applications for conceal - carry
permits, typically made by people who already own
guns, to give a better reflection
of actual purchases.
It established a registry
of all
guns owned in the country and required a
permit for all new firearm purchases.
As a condition
of his release, Smith was not
permitted to have a
gun.
The NFA established a registry
of all
guns owned in the country and required a
permit for all new firearm purchases.
The massacres by a few crazies are truly tragedies, but millions and millions
of law abiding,
permit carrying
gun owners have not shot anyone.
Furthermore, the law restricted ownership
of firearms to»... persons whose trustworthiness is not in question and who can show a need for a (
gun)
permit.»
Holders
of annual hunting
permits, government workers, and NSDAP members were no longer subject to
gun ownership restrictions.
Included are provisions that allow residents who have concealed carry
permits to take
guns into some bars, churches, school zones, government buildings and certain parts
of airports.
While I try to preach God's love and mercy, I also have a concealed carry
permit and sometimes take my
gun on long drives through the isolated areas
of my diocese.
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.
A peer - reviewed study led by Duke University researchers found a measurable reduction in the suicide rate in Connecticut as a result
of a law enacted in 1999
permitting police to seek protective orders and temporarily remove
guns.
The newspaper recently published the names and addresses
of area
permit - carrying
gun owners obtained from a Freedom
of Information Law request.
Yet this past December John Faso voted in favor
of allowing anyone from one
of seven states that don't require either a concealed carry
permit or training — Maine, Arizona, Kansas, Wyoming, Alaska, Vermont, and Missouri — to visit the area with as many
guns and as much ammunition as they please.
The law expanded the definition
of prohibited assault weapons — which is the part that has most irked sheriffs — as well as raised the penalties for illegal possession
of firearms, required mental health checks, and limited the public's access to records
of those who have
gun permits.
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.
If the
guns are not picked up after 30 days, the sheriff is legally
permitted to take possession
of them.
The newspaper continues to meddle with
gun owner information, recently winning a round in separate lawsuits against Putnam and Rockland County, seeking the release
of information pertaining to the identity
of local
permit holders.
«There's great concern in that very sensitive division that individuals had inappropriate connectivity into that division and circumvented some
of the extraordinary safeguards we've built in to ensure only appropriate people get
gun licenses and
gun permits,» Bratton said.
A downstate newspaper published the names and addresses
of local residents holding
gun permits in late 2012.
Currently
gun owners are not
permitted to transfer weapons and as a result must leave their pistols at their own homes when they leave on vacation or go out
of town.
Alex Lichtenstein is accused
of bribing NYPD officers for
gun license
permits, prosecutors said.
The deadline for pistol
permit recertification in New York has passed, leaving possibly thousands
of gun owners with
permits that are no longer valid, though law enforcement officials have already said they won't be pursuing criminal charges against these individuals.
Or by accepting different types
of identification for voting (like accepting
gun carry
permit, but not student id).
The NYPD has revoked the
gun carry
permits of more than two dozen people who got them through a shady middleman indicted for bribing NYPD cops working in the department's Licensing Division, sources tell the NY Post.
I will venture a guess that not one
permit / handgun owner on either
of the published maps will engage in any
gun - related shenanigans aimed at the paper.
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of all the law abiding citizens who have
gun permits has now hired armed security.
Cuomo's proposal comes a week after the House
of Representatives passed a bill that would allow owners
of concealed - carry
permits to transport their
guns into any other state, even if those states have more restrictive
permitting laws.
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.
The Rockland County Times has confirmed that the Journal News daily newspaper has requested from Putnam, Rockland and Westchester Counties a complete list
of gun owners who did not file «opt out» papers exempting themselves from pistol
permit public records.
When an order
of protection is issued against a
permit holder, police will go to their home to take custody
of the weapons (the prohibition applies to both pistols and long
guns).
In November 2014, Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave counties the option to adopt local laws
permitting the sale and possession
of sparklers and novelty devices (including caps for toy
guns, snappers and party poppers) during certain times
of the year.
Sanders told the New York Daily News editorial board this month that he opposes
permitting families
of gun violence victims to sue the firearms industry.
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.
Scott - Childress's resolution also takes a shot at U.S. Rep. John Faso's vote in favor
of federal concealed carry «reciprocity» legislation that would allow
gun owners from states with lax
gun laws to legally carry firearms in states like New York with much tougher standards for issuing concealed carry
permits.
The demand for pistol
permits following passage
of the new
gun law, championed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the wake
of 2012's Sandy Hook massacre, led county lawmakers to expand the list
of judges authorized to issue pistol
permits from three to eight.
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.
Thousands
of Ulster County
gun owners may be walking around with invalid pistol
permits after a deadline passed to renew the documents.