Sentences with phrase «pistol permit owners»

Both he and Howard say the current hodgepodge of gun laws across the country put law abiding pistol permit owners in jeopardy when they cross state lines.

Bello said his office won't release any pistol permit owner's information until all the forms are processed.

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Gun owners» fear of a Clinton presidency may have helped spur a spike in pistol permits issued in the Empire State in 2016, increasing 34 percent from the 2012 presidential election year and rivaling numbers last seen when the SAFE Act passed four years ago.

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.

Pistol permits in New York increased last year, fueled by fears from gun owners stemmed from a Clinton victory leading to new restrictions.

State Police said the agency would not «take criminal enforcement action» against gun owners who unknowingly fail to recertify their pistol permits by the Jan. 31 deadline.

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pistol permit recertification in New York has passed, leaving possibly thousands of gun owners with permits that are no longer valid, though law enforcement officials have already said they won't be pursuing criminal charges against these individuals.

An arrest does not automatically mean a gun owner loses their pistol permit in New York, which was highlighted when a police officer was arrested for second - degree harassment when he pointed his own gun at a person in a bar.

The Senate passed changes yesterday that would allow a family member to inherit certain types of semi-automatic firearms when their owner dies and make pistol permit applications exempt from open records laws.

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.

It is legal for a gun owner with a valid pistol permit to openly carry and display a firearm under Connecticut law.

Ulster County Sheriff Paul Van Blarcum's call last week for licensed pistol permit holders to begin carrying their weapons in the name of public safety has opened a public debate on «concealed carry» and the system used to vet and license handgun owners.

But records provided by state police indicate that in Ulster County pistol permit renewals are lagging behind the number of licensed handgun owners.

Thousands of Ulster County gun owners may be walking around with invalid pistol permits after a deadline passed to renew the documents.

BY DYLAN SKRILOFF 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.

Sheriff Michael Zurlo said he's been in conversation with gun club owners and pistol permit holders in Saratoga County to establish the unrestricted permit program.

State Police last month began mailing pistol permit recertification letters to handgun owners.

WHEREAS, there will be significant financial and time impact to the law - abiding gun owners who will now have to renew their pistol permits every 5 years at a cost, and significant financial and time impact to the Counties if they are mandated to become responsible for the 5 year re-certification process; and

County supervisors followed the lead of others around upstate New York who have requested that State Police not use county letterheads or seals when sending out paperwork to handgun owners to renew their pistol permits.

WHEREAS, while there are some areas of the legislation that the Cortland County Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs, Inc. finds encouraging the strengthening of Kendra's law and Mark's law, as well as privacy protections for certain of pistol permit holders, many other provision do little more than negatively impact lawful gun owners; and

Under the new regulations signed into law by Governor Cuomo on Tuesday, pistol owners will need to recertify their permits every five years.

Otsego County has become one of the first counties in New York to tell the state it does not want its official seal used on a New York State Police web site being created to help gun owners comply with a new mandate that they renew their county - issued pistol permits.

Under the SAFE Act, handgun owners must now have their pistol permits recertified every five years.

Ulster County Sheriff Paul J Van Blarcum was the first New York State Sheriff to issue a public request urging legal gun owners who have a conceal pistol carry permit to take the initiative and carry their firearms whenever possible.