As a NY resident with an unrestricted pistol license I've thought long and hard about this day.
I'm going to continue going about my daily routine exactly as I had been on August 30th.
This is so far beyond an over reach in violation of the constitution and recent supreme court rulings that this will surely get struck down. It's just a matter of how long it takes.
All this means is now if I am in a situation where there is an incident but doesn't immediately that second affect myself or family I'm going to conduct myself exactly like every other panicked person and just quietly slip away. I'm not going to risk opening myself up to prosecution by trying to save others. They're on their own. I can't potentially make my family suffer by my potential legal defense or jail time and lost income to try and save others. I regret reaching this conclusion because I do have a moral compass and what's right is right. But I have to look out for my family first and foremost.
If I'm shopping in a store and there's an active shooter... Sorry I won't be intervening unless the shooter is preventing my family from reaching an exit. Everyone else is on their own.
It's regrettable to have this thinking and it distresses me. I know many friends I talk to have reached similar conclusions.
For those who don't know here is a rough list of criteria at least prior to August 31 of what was required to even merely purchase any pistol legally in ny.
Attend a 4 hour training course, pay a fee. Fill out an application, pay a fee. List 4 non family character references. Get electronic fingerprints, pay a fee. Wait 6-12 months. Get interviewed by a detective. Have your 4 references also participate in a detective interview into your character. Have a judge sign off on your pistol lisence if you are deemed reliable, of good character and not a threat to public safety. Get a letter in the mail saying you are approved or denied. Only then if approved are you legally allowed to go to the store and buy your first pistol. Then go back to downtown pay for a plastic pistol license card with that pistol serial number added. Repeat for every new pistol you want to legally own. Those are the people that hochul is saying can't be trusted.
This new law is idiotic and won't make anything safer.
NY residents that have pistol lisences are already some of the most heavily vetted and investigated in the country. We are the most law abiding least threatening people in the entire state.
Yet the governor hochul literally said "she doesn't care about statistics"
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/o...ps-anyone-safe
This is what we're dealing with.
I can't wait to move to a free state.
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