The_Dunedan

A permit to carry a handgun? In NYC? As in New York City?

Forget about it. Just put it out of your mind. Active duty or not, veteran or not, unless you are -personally- sucking Michael Bloomberg and Elliot Spitzer's dicks, forget it. It will not happen. The only people in NYC who can get carry permits are politicians (or their friend/donors, and only rarely), leftist celebrities, and the bodyguards thereof. You, on the other hand, are a Pleb, a Paeon, a Helot. You don't need a -GUN-, after all, you have New York's Finest to protect you. And since New York State does not recognise the CCW's of other States (no reciprocity), even if you have a CCW from another State, you're just another gangbanger if you get caught.

Getting a gun, ANY gun, in New York City (legally) is extremely difficult. A handgun is even worse. And a permit to -carry- the thing? A'int gonna happen. To quote the "Traveler's Guide To The Firearm Laws Of The Fifty States:"

"Mere possession of a handgun by a New York resident, even in one's own home, requires a New York license to posess or carry. Such licensed are issued to residents on a discretionary basis* through their home county...New York does not issue licenses to nonresidents unless the nonresident is principally employed within the state (ie. bank guards, etc.) New York does not recognize out-of-state permits. This makes handgun carry by the out-of-state traveler, either in one's vehicle or on one's person, nearly impossible.

The possession of any firearm in the city of New York without a New York City license is strictly prohibited."


*Meaning the Top Cop can turn you down because "Niggers don't need guns, boy." and there's nothing anyone can do about it.