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NY Pistol Permit Wait Time: 18 Months

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Need another reason to vote with your feet, New Yorkers? Thanks to personnel cutbacks in a near-bankrupt state, if you live in Onondaga County (which includes Syracuse) and want a permit to buy one of the few handguns still legal in the Empire State, you’ll need to plan ahead a little. A lot, actually. nycentral.com reports that “The process used to take two to six months, but (Sheriff Kevin) Walsh says he was forced to cut back on the number of people who process pistol permits in Onondaga County. There used to be three people in the licensing unit, now there is just one” That means . . .

Anyone strolling into the sheriff’s office wanting the government’s OK to buy a handgun is now told to come back next March. And maybe then the six month process of approval can get started.

According to New York State law, obtaining a pistol permit requires a criminal background check, character references, a hand gun safety course and other requirements.

Fortunately, we hear they don’t put you through the CAT scan and prostate exam unless you’ve successfully jumped all the other hurdles first. The delay isn’t confined to just one county, either.

The problem has spread beyond Onondaga County. The Cortland County Clerks Office reports a wait time of about 10 months, while Madison County reports a wait time of about a year.

So far. But never fear, New Yorkers. The situation is about to about to improve.

Sheriff Walsh says he recently got permission to install a new computer program which he says will streamline the process.

Whew! We hear WordStar and Lotus 1-2-3 can be huge timesavers.

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  1. @ Daniel S

    Thats why I never watch Main Stream media because they are all lying bags of ^%$# who need there tungs pulled out of there mouths for the lies and BIGGER lies they spew every day.
    I get my news from Brightbart news and this blog right here.

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  2. The more onerous NY makes it to purchase a gun, the more likely it is that NY laws and regs are going to get undone by the courts. Cuomo and Bloomberg are overplaying their hand.

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  3. Sorry, but since people have a right to have a handgun in their homes, a wait of 18 months to be able to exercise said right is unconstitutional. Cf. Kuck v. Danaher, 600 F. 3d 159 (2nd Cir. 2010).

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  4. Who the hell needs a gun in the next 18 months? You PARANOIDS!!

    I figured out, on this day, how to get more media attention for gun rallys. You are each and every one urged to join GAY ABORTIONISTS FOR GUN RIGHTS. JOIN TODAY!!!

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  5. This is similar to a story on reason.com (which I cannot find) where the author had applied for one of these permits and after a few months, he gave up, emailed a buddy of a buddy and for $300 had an AK47 in a week. The point of the story was 1) why bother and 2) it’s easy to get what you want when you know who to ask.

    It’s a similar process here in the Midwest’s Progressive Utopia (TM), but so few bother to go through the process there’s not much coverage of it.

    Also, should I be offended that my Captcha is “Christ”? 🙂

    Illustrating Chicagoland Idiocy, Mayhem and Stupidity at heyjackass.com

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  6. Walmart has introduced a new Tulammo Brass Maxx product this week. Walked into the store this morning and they had several boxes of 50 count .223 @$16.97. Grabbed them and looked it up on the computer when I got home. Apparently they have rolled out the product across the country with all their stores at least getting a few boxes and also have it in .40cal. Brass,reloadable and cheap and from what the Internet says-and we all know there can be no lies on the internet-it is loaded for Tulammo in Italy by Fiocci. I have not shot it, have not seen any reviews but at $0.34 apiece, if it goes bang, it may be my new love.

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  7. Okay, if I accept JJ’s assertion, semi-autos can bring down airliners and blow up railroads- I’d like to see that demonstration or at least get the details on which SA and ammo was used in the destruction of said airliner and train. What was the range on the airliner? I’m lucky to hit a 12″x12″ target at a 100 yards with iron sights. BTW JJ, still takes a human operator, the gun doesn’t shoot itself…..

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  8. When I climb off or on a ladder on the roof I continiously repeat the mantra
    “Workn’ near the edge, Boss, workn’ near the edge”
    Same thing, only different.

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  9. Classic example of psychological projection bias. What that guy is afraid of… is what HE would do if he had a gun. He assuages his own guilt by projecting his own deviant thoughts to others.

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  10. “Drop-dead gorgeous pro-gun women need to contact this website immediately to help mount a counter-offensive”

    YES. A counter-offensive. With women. Lots of beautiful women.

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  11. Though it is awful living under these repressive laws, it is my sincere hope that we in NY can provide the straw that breaks the anti rights tyranny that IS gun control for the whole nation. You need cases to carry the weight, we have them now! Help us help you! We are all in this together.

    Irony: Guys with names like Sullivan pushed gun control so that guys with names like Cuomo couldn’t legally defend themselves.

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  12. “young men will do anything—including abandoning their natural interest in firearms and their political convictions—to please a beautiful woman’

    Many young men of today are not the naive dupes and slaves to women that older generations of men were at their age. We’ve observed them in the Men’s Rights Movement. Today’s young men have grown up under feminism and its values. They’ve experienced being the unfavored sexx as students since kindergarten and in college. They’ve seen what has happened to older generations of men during divorce and with child support and in seeking jobs and not getting promotions they deserved. Sure, some guys will be anti-gun idiots and those guys were already destined to be metro-sexxuals and sheeple. Don’t worry about too mamy of the young men. Besides, many young women love guns.

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  13. Sheriff Walsh, like most, if not all Sheriff’s in this area of CENTRAL NEW YORK (not new york city, which might as well be an entirely different state) are very pro Second Amendment. It is usually the county legislatures that regulate his budget, and have to approve hiring for positions, whether they be new, or a result of attrition, that are the problem. Not the Sheriff himself. The Sheriff is an elected figure head, and therefore a puppet of the county legislation.

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  14. Seriously, if you guys are looking for a hot, gun toting woman you need to look at Shelley Sargeant. She is the editor of Western Shooting Journal and a gorgeous redhead.

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  15. One thing I can’t get over is the left knee jerk reflex of the totalitarian wannabes to blame you, me, the NRA, and every gun owner for what 3 or 4 insane people did. One thing the Left will always lack is a sense of proportion. Three crazy or wicked people commit an atrocity, and their solution is to punish the 300 million others who did nothing wrong. Which is maybe itself form of insanity. Are we too far gone to punish mass murderers instead? Hang them from the highest lamppost on Main Street and maybe their copycats will stop thinking it’s sexy.

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  16. I don’t know about blood boiling, but my stomach is churning at the sight of that Joan Walsh screencap at the top of the page.

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  17. Therefore, would a bolt-action rifle in .22LR with a 5-round detachable magazine be illegal in KKKalifornia, under the ‘proposed law’, if the magazine detaches without a tool?

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  18. NY Is definitely ridiculous especially in Monroe county. I was a M240B machine gunner in the 82nd airborne division in Afghanistan and I purchased a Glock in north Carolina which only took me 2 weeks to get a permit. when I got out and came home I applied in new York and after waiting almost a year, they denied me because I did a senior prank in high school where I threw a small smoke bomb. they said since I’m being denied that I have to wait another year to even put in another application. that’s a three year turnaround and I’m still waiting even longer. I applied the first time in 2010. so it goes to show you that they will find any reason to delay and/or deny you a permit. God forbid you broke a crayon in kindergarten and there goes your pistol license. way to go New York.

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  19. I live in Westchester county, NY. I took my gun safety class in January. Called and made my appt to submit my application in February. The first appointment was September 23rd. Seven months! Of course, I had to purchase a gun, without ever holding it, because that is required for the application. It is sitting with the FFL holder.

    The application is a land mine of potential mistakes. 4 character references, all notarized, application in triplicate, black ink, must be signed by the same 4 references in addition to your own. Payment for 105 by money order only.

    My appt is this week. After that, who knows how long it will take to get a response. Wish me luck.

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  20. I lived in Liverpool, Onondaga County for 17 years, 1980 thru 1997. My permit took 4 months to process. I called their office after 3 months had passed. The woman told me in no uncertain terms that they were allowed 4 months and they would take every bit of it. Four months to the day from my application I got it in the mail. There was a local judge, can’t recall his name, who was so incensed that we could actually get permits that he took over the approval process. He demanded that the applicant appear before him in his court and justify the need. He stated flat out that his intent was to slow or stop the issuance of the permits. He was invited to a meeting with a local gun club for a discussion. As he left he turned to the guys and said, “Thanks for not shooting me.” He stepped down as judge shortly there after. Not sure where he is now but hopefully not in any position of authority.

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