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February 19, 2008, 10:52 AM | #1 |
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Suffolk County NY handgun License holders
Anyone have their license renewed lately?
Interesting development. I just went through the renewal rigamorole and noticed something that has relevance to us "sportsman" license holders. ("Sportsman" handguns licenses mean full carry to and from a range only, the only license you can get without having a life threatening grave need for a full carry etc). New handbook is given out when you renew, and they make you sign a document that you received it. But what is most interesting is the wording DELETION found in the new handbook versus the 2002 handbook. In 2002, in regard to a restricted "sportsman" license: (Note) For the purpose of target shooting and hunting, the Police commissioner has authorized licensees to meet for the purpose of car pooling and to stop for non-alcoholic refreshments on the way to and from their shooting destination. You are authorized to do this only during the period upon leaving your residence and arriving at your shooting destination or during the return trip. This would appear to somewhat loosen the restrictive nature of the license to a slight extent. In the new circa 2006 handbook. this additional phrase has been deleted out completely. Thoughts? |
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This is based only on what you wrote but no, it looks to tighten it. The non-criminal restrictions put in place by the SCPD allowed you to carry to and from the range.
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February 19, 2008, 11:27 AM | #3 |
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http://www.co.suffolk.ny.us/police/f...olhandbook.pdf
Yep, they hosed the residents of Suffolk County. Page 8 under sportsman says they may be transported to and from the range only. The removal of the old exception is a tightening of restrictions with no cause that I am aware of.
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February 19, 2008, 11:37 AM | #4 |
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Agreed.
When I received the new handbook, it was the first thing I went to look for. Pretty tough to enforce that one however, I can not imagine them pulling someones license for stopping on the way home for a cup of coffee, after having it allowable for many years. BUT, they are smart. You have to sign a document on renewal that you received the NEW handbook, and therefore you agree to abide by it. So they have you there. So what if you don't have to renew for the next few years? A new updated handbook is not sent to you, you only get it on renewal. So you only have the previous to go by. What a joke. |
February 19, 2008, 12:39 PM | #5 |
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I want to know this, why the persecution of Suffolk County pistol permit holders? I know of one shooting with a permit holder in recent years, the moron at the Mason's initiation who shot someone in the head with an "Unloaded" gun.
Have permit holders been shooting up TGI Fridays? Have they been brandishing? No they haven't because if they were you KNOW News12 and Newsday would plaster it everywhere. So why go through the trouble of revising a manual?
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February 19, 2008, 01:03 PM | #7 |
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Yes they can but they are also some of the laziest people in the SCPD. They have a job sitting on their butts at HQ working banker's hours in plain clothes. The overwhelming majority of people they deal with are the most law abiding ones in the county! The only exceptions would be the handful of DUI convicted permit holders they take guns away from and the few who apply and are turned down (and usually know they would be). It takes months just to get them to move a piece of paper across the office so who there had the energy to actually revise the manual?
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I have emailed several people in the know (higher ups with NYSRPA and others) about the issue of the restrictions the SCPD places on our licenses. I asked if there was any movement to get them removed, or if any organization is involved in pursuing this. I would like to get involved in that. The answer I got is that basically nothing can be done. Here is the exact reply:
"The short answer is yes we are trying to get the state law changed to disallow all handgun licensing agents throughout the state to stop imposing restrictions on handgun licenses. Unfortunately the NYS Court of Appeals has ruled that individual issuing agents may impose restrictions on licenses as an extension to their already existing authority" So they have dinners, NRA meetings etc but the fact is that unless the Suffolk County legislature forces them to remove the restrictions, they are there forever. And that is just not going to happen in the forseeable (democratic/liberal) future. So in fact, with the removal of the text in the handbook as detailed above, we are moving backwards. |
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The problem is the SCPD is NOT accountable to anyone. I can complain to the SCPD and if I don't like it I can complain to my legislator, who the SCPD ignores.
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What makes that particularly nauseating is that the restrictions are applied in the vast majority of the state by... judges. Long Island is different in this. So we basically had some justices who decided that they have the power to restrict however they please, and with no standard, across the state. Even in the same county one judge may assign restrictions another may not. In Suffolk you need to leap through impossible hoops in the Western towns to get a full SCPD approved carry permit actually documenting the multiple attempts made on your life. In the eastern towns it comes down to who you know as the SCPD doesn't control permits there.
There is no uniform treatment under the law. Move from one county to another and you are subject to completely different rules, even inside the same county. When a case went to a bunch of judges did anyone ever expect them to say they didn't have the power to do as they pleased?
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February 19, 2008, 05:27 PM | #13 |
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So, you NY ers What are you gonna do except Whine..????
Move or Vote out the Anti Gun'rs..... Me, I moved, Best thing I ever did.... I know some upstate NY Gun owners , hunters,. They still vote DEM.... They say that the State will never take THERE guns, and keep right on voting DEM.. Hey, it's there state, not my problem anymore.... |
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my whole household.. 6 registered voters altogether, we all vote republican. doesnt do a damn bit of good with the city and most of the island voting dem
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February 20, 2008, 07:48 AM | #16 |
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Even more disturbing is the apathy and acceptance by all of the pistol license holders of our current situation. It's like they are just happy that the police "allow" them to own a gun.
According to Suffolk Country records: Total Active Pistol Licenses 29,289 That's a lot of people, the vast majority of which are restricted. No one seems to care. |
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February 21, 2008, 09:42 PM | #18 |
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What can we really do. I vote Republican. The SCPD makes the rules for us regarding carry. You see how we're treated by some of the officers in the PLB in Yaphank. They sneak little things like we can't stop for refreshments into the rulebook.
They give me crap everytime I sell a gun to someone out of state and I don't use an FFL who is going to rip me off to ship it. They just say you didn't do anything wrong, but they still give me crap. It's all a power trip to them. I don't even see half of them carrying there. Most of the SCPD that I know personally don't mind us having carry permits. It just the people at the top. Until someone can get through to the SCPD Commissioner we're stuck with what they give us.
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I agree with you Prolanman but it is obvious that here in Suffolk nobody gives a **** or there would have been some sort of backlash about the handbook revision. As Musk said, I'll bet 99% of the license holders have never read the handbook, and certainly never picked up on the recent editing. When I recently renewed and was handed a new handbook (and have to sign for it), I knew there had to be a reason. It's like they will do anything to get you to trip up and be denied or revoked.
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Here is my real beef with Long Island, outside of the way it is handled in Eastern Suffolk.
Across the state (NYC not included) the issuing authority is either the Sheriff or a judge. In every case it is an ELECTED OFFICIAL. They may be wielding power over the citizens in an imbalanced manner with arbitrary decisions based on person opinion but they are in the end at least directly accountable to the electorate. Now I give you the SCPD http://www.co.suffolk.ny.us/police/orgCommissioner.htm Quote:
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February 22, 2008, 09:21 AM | #21 |
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Can you imagine the headlines in Newsday (the lefty bird cage fodder) if the SCPD decided to remove the restrictions?
Mayhem! Shootouts in the street! BLOOD WILL FLOW! Hide the children! |
February 22, 2008, 10:47 AM | #22 |
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It's still all about power to the SCPD. If they removed our restrictions and didn't let it out to the press no one would ever know. Things would not change. We had to jump through hoops of fire to get our restricted permits. I wouldn't even mind having to take a class to get the unrestricted permit. At least that would give us an option.
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February 22, 2008, 11:01 AM | #23 |
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If they just changed the wording in the handbook, even the license holders wouldn't know, it's not like they read it.
In the '02 handbook, with the addition of the "you are now allowed to stop for beverages and car pool" etc clause, I always thought that was a sort of wink and a nod that things have been loosened up a bit, just watch your step about flashing or brandishing etc. But that's apparently all been withdrawn now. |
February 22, 2008, 04:05 PM | #24 |
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Sorry but the SCPD pistol office is their rubber gun duty. My coworker's neighbor has been there for years. Of course he (SCPD officer) is a raving alcoholic whose family has left him and returned more that once and neighbors avoid him due to his unpredictable behavior as I understand it. This is the type of person deciding if we are responsible enough to even own a handgun. :barf:
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February 22, 2008, 04:10 PM | #25 |
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They should make some regional forums here so we can all rant in the New York secton instead of boring the world with our local problems.
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