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VMI77 wrote: ...
I haven't seen reported why it became enough of an issue now for it to be rescinded.

I'm not sure, but I think it is because one of the Volokh's at The Volokh Conspiracy blog now hosted by the Washington Post brought it up as an wildly blatant infringement of 2A rights.

VMI77 wrote: ...BTW, the DA candidate I alluded to said that Cuomo has called on the Democrats in the NY State Assembly to shut down the government until the Republicans agree to more gun control...

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...and the problem with that is... I hope the Reps say okeydokey and go home.

My point is/was that the Nassau County DA, regardless of the actual person in the office, has a long history of trying to deny 2A rights to his or her own staff, not to mention everyone else. The fact that they're are still trying is not "new", only the latest details. It's interesting to note that the facial justification for this is to keep assistant DAs from being shot by the cops simply for having a gun.

This is actually old news, but maybe it has reared its head again?

I know that prior to Heller, the Nassau County DA forbid handgun ownership by his staff. Even the online application for the position of assistant DA mentioned this, and it asked if you had ever owned a handgun or if you had a carry license from any state. Certainly seemed the implication of these questions was either you wouldn't be hired, or maybe you would if you got rid of your guns/license. (In fact, I am pretty sure I posted on this board about that, way back when.)

When Heller came out, that verbiage disappeared from the application form, but I figured the "unwritten" rules of the office were probably still pretty clear. I guess the current DA tried to put it back in writing?