Good cause?? Protection is not enough? Why the hell do you think good guys carry guns.
Be a good little peon and I’ll give you a tiny bit more access to your constitutionaly guarenteed god given rights. Please leave your cash, check, or money order with the clerk.
Things are so much easier and cheaper in Arizona, but then again, we’re part of the “Wild West”, so we don’t have the rampant illegal gun crime of ‘civilized’ places like New Yawk.
When I first got my carry permit in NY, I was in Onondaga County. Judge restricted near every permit into oblivion - something like 4 unrestricted issued out of 4000 in one year. Mine allowed “for sporting use only”. That judge eventually left the bench rather abruptly (some rumor about cocaine trafficking involved).
When I moved to Monroe County (surrounding Rochester), I transferred the permit in hopes the restrictions would at least change. They did. They disappeared completely. I was happy.
Then I moved to Genesee County (per the above article). Given the propensity to apply restrictions, including a maximum limit of 5 items on the permit, I left the license’s registration home in Monroe County - glad that NY encourages, but does not compel, transfer of permits when moving in-state (NYC of course being a completely different country for most practical purposes). County Clerks and retailers kept pestering me to transfer it, but heck no.
But then I moved to GA. Permits are little more than nonexistent ($75, 5 years, background check, that’s it). Open carry not a problem. Individual sales are an exchange & a handshake. And NFA items are allowed with no more than “make sure your federal papers are in order.”
Let’s see NYS pass a preemption law to force unrestricted licenses to be valid in the five boroughs, and to pass reciprocity with other states’ CCW licenses.
New York State is pistol-hell.
This is when Judges write their own laws from the bench. Supposedly, the State Police do not recognize the restrictions. The front of the permit simply states “License to Carry Concealed”. However, if you run into a county sheriff or town cop, then you have a problem. This has been challenged in court with other judges refusing to address this issue of course.
There is no state statute that puts restrictions like this on an upstate license. Judges have their own little fiefdoms in each county however.
I have a full carry in NYS. However - I can’t go into NYC with any handgun whatsoever, even though I have a full carry for the rest of the state.
Our state is really strange, the counties really run things.