Sevens has iven you excellent advice - it's best to cut the apron string & move out of NYS, before cutting your teeth (and wallet) on the NYS handgun law's Gordian Knot.
The longer one waits, the harder it is, due to obligations adding up over the years.
I broke out of NYS when I was 17, first to NJ, but then soon to New England, after an exotic S.E. Asian vacation (courtesy of my uncle, Sam
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