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Because of this new law, {Niagara} county pistol permit office has been overwhelmed with many questions from current permit holders and received an unprecedented number of new applications for processing. As of Thursday, over the past nine days the pistol permit office had accepted 700 new applications, compared to 1,429 applications in all of 2021.

every pistol permit issued before Sept. 1, 2022, will now have a requirement for 16 hours of safety course classroom instruction and two hours of live fire before that permit can be recertified. Plus, under the new law, recertification is now required every three years instead of the previous five-year requirement under the SAFE Act.

The state will also now require ''four character references and a list of current and former social media accounts from the last three years,'' completion of a gun safety course, and affirmation of notice for rifle, shotgun and handgun permit holders.