It takes a year, multiple background checks, and like 4 vouchers for character to buy a pistol in NY state. Whether or not you were allowed to carry feels secondary to that issue.
So great precedent going forward but doesn't address the real issue
No specific waiting period to buy the gun itself, but background checks etc before you are allowed a handgun permit easily takes 6 months if you're lucky. A year is not outside the realm of reasonable expectation here
Anarcho-tyranny. NY really doesn't want you to have guns so they will drag their feet every step of the way.
Edit: The real time-consumer is that NY sends people out to interview your friends/family you use as references on your permit application. Ostensibly to make sure you're not crazy or unqualified to own a weapon. Maybe this goes away as the court ruling strikes down May-Issue entirely and forces every state to be Shall-Issue in the context of CC, so I don't see why it wouldn't also be applied to ownership
Some counties are better than others, but in any of the ones housing the big cities (Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, NYC ofc) you'll have to wait a long time
It takes a year, multiple background checks, and like 4 vouchers for character to buy a pistol in NY state. Whether or not you were allowed to carry feels secondary to that issue.
So great precedent going forward but doesn't address the real issue
Really a year, or is that exaggeration?
Because I've seen gun rights advocates get mad even over 3 day waiting periods. A year seems completely mad.
No specific waiting period to buy the gun itself, but background checks etc before you are allowed a handgun permit easily takes 6 months if you're lucky. A year is not outside the realm of reasonable expectation here
That is crazy, I thought these background checks were basically instantaneous.
How come states like Texas can do them instantaneously? Or is just a criminal background check different from the NY style.
Anarcho-tyranny. NY really doesn't want you to have guns so they will drag their feet every step of the way.
Edit: The real time-consumer is that NY sends people out to interview your friends/family you use as references on your permit application. Ostensibly to make sure you're not crazy or unqualified to own a weapon. Maybe this goes away as the court ruling strikes down May-Issue entirely and forces every state to be Shall-Issue in the context of CC, so I don't see why it wouldn't also be applied to ownership
Some counties are better than others, but in any of the ones housing the big cities (Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, NYC ofc) you'll have to wait a long time