TX -> NY

[rdcrags]

It's like when I travel overseas: Forget it. Leave it at home.

TX CHL 1007
CO CHP 2005

[seamusTX]

In this case, the OP's home is going to be New York or Connecticut.

There's quite a difference between visiting a place for a week or two compared to moving there for the foreseeable future.

- Jim

[Fredd]

I hope they're at least doubling her salary to make up for the difference in cost of living.

[puma guy]

I did a paper way back in college on homicides. Weapon of choice, killer's relationship to victim, etc. A very interesting statistic arose when NY passed the Sullivan Act banning handguns. Death rates from firearms increased. The weapon of choice became a long gun, rifle or shotgun, which we all know are more lethal.

[C-dub]

Further bad news is, you can't take your handguns with you to NY. You have to first move there, get a New York State handgun license, then ship them to a FFL in New York... Use your NY license to pick up the gun from the dealer, and then register them with the county to have the serial numbers added to your NY license. You can't own a handgun in New York without a license and having it registered and added to your permit. When you first get your permit, it will probably have a target/premises restriction, meaning you are not supposed to carry it except to and from the range/home. Depending on the county, you may be able to get an unrestricted carry permit after you've been there for a while. If you are moving to New York City, forget it.

Also no post-1994 magazines over 10 rounds. New York State's "Semi-Automatic Assault Weapon" ban parallels the original federal ban, but never expires.

Say it ain't so. This is for real? How can this be? Back in '79, when my family moved to upstate NY my Dad brought several rifles and handguns with him and AFAIK never "registered" them with anyone. I don't even think he told anyone about them, but we went shooting several times.

How can there be a requirement for a permit to even own a firearm? I just don't get it.

[puma guy]

Further bad news is, you can't take your handguns with you to NY. You have to first move there, get a New York State handgun license, then ship them to a FFL in New York... Use your NY license to pick up the gun from the dealer, and then register them with the county to have the serial numbers added to your NY license. You can't own a handgun in New York without a license and having it registered and added to your permit. When you first get your permit, it will probably have a target/premises restriction, meaning you are not supposed to carry it except to and from the range/home. Depending on the county, you may be able to get an unrestricted carry permit after you've been there for a while. If you are moving to New York City, forget it.

Also no post-1994 magazines over 10 rounds. New York State's "Semi-Automatic Assault Weapon" ban parallels the original federal ban, but never expires.

Say it ain't so. This is for real? How can this be? Back in '79, when my family moved to upstate NY my Dad brought several rifles and handguns with him and AFAIK never "registered" them with anyone. I don't even think he told anyone about them, but we went shooting several times.

How can there be a requirement for a permit to even own a firearm? I just don't get it.

Sad but true. Since 1911 handguns have been illegal in NY w/o permits. Your chance of getting one is virtually nil. The latest statistics I could find indicated 30,000 permits of which all but 8,000 were retired law enforcement. Less than .041 percent of "civilian" permits in the general population. NY pop estimate 2009 of 19,541,453. Irealize the percentage is skewed as 100% of the population is taken into consideration without regard to age, legal status, etc., but you can get the picture. It will be interesting to see what effect the 2A decision by the SCOTUS has if they rule it applies to states.

[ScottDLS]

Sad but true. Since 1911 handguns have been illegal in NY w/o permits. Your chance of getting one is virtually nil. The latest statistics I could find indicated 30,000 permits of which all but 8,000 were retired law enforcement. Less than .041 percent of "civilian" permits in the general population. NY pop estimate 2009 of 19,541,453. Irealize the percentage is skewed as 100% of the population is taken into consideration without regard to age, legal status, etc., but you can get the picture. It will be interesting to see what effect the 2A decision by the SCOTUS has if they rule it applies to states.

Presume you mean New York City here. There are 19 million people in New York State and there are around 1.2 million registered handguns. That would seem to indicate in the 500k+ range of permits.

[puma guy]

Presume you mean New York City here. There are 19 million people in New York State and there are around 1.2 million registered handguns. That would seem to indicate in the 500k+ range of permits.

Scott I stand corrected. The number of permits quoted was New York City only and should be adjusted against New York City population of 8.4 million. Still very few permits in the five boroughs. NY State population of 19.5 million is correct per Quick Check Fact on US Census site. It's interesting to note one of the permit holders is none other than Senator Charles Schumer. My grandfather who was a NYPD Detective had to give up his handgun when he retired in the 40's. He did have a little .25 ACP Colt, but I have no idea if it was registered. I'm interested in your stats. I can't find any numbers for the number of permits for NY State.

[ScottDLS]

Presume you mean New York City here. There are 19 million people in New York State and there are around 1.2 million registered handguns. That would seem to indicate in the 500k+ range of permits.

Scott I stand corrected. The number of permits quoted was New York City only and should be adjusted against New York City population of 8.4 million. Still very few permits in the five boroughs. NY State population of 19.5 million is correct per Quick Check Fact on US Census site. It's interesting to note one of the permit holders is none other than Senator Charles Schumer. My grandfather who was a NYPD Detective had to give up his handgun when he retired in the 40's. He did have a little .25 ACP Colt, but I have no idea if it was registered. I'm interested in your stats. I can't find any numbers for the number of permits for NY State.

I got the number of handguns off the New York State Police web site.

[puma guy]

Presume you mean New York City here. There are 19 million people in New York State and there are around 1.2 million registered handguns. That would seem to indicate in the 500k+ range of permits.

Scott I stand corrected. The number of permits quoted was New York City only and should be adjusted against New York City population of 8.4 million. Still very few permits in the five boroughs. NY State population of 19.5 million is correct per Quick Check Fact on US Census site. It's interesting to note one of the permit holders is none other than Senator Charles Schumer. My grandfather who was a NYPD Detective had to give up his handgun when he retired in the 40's. He did have a little .25 ACP Colt, but I have no idea if it was registered. I'm interested in your stats. I can't find any numbers for the number of permits for NY State.

I got the number of handguns off the New York State Police web site.

Thanks, I'll take a look.