More Tourist trouble in NYC

[moonclip]

....In NYC one apparently can't even possess a handgun unless one has a special dispensation from NYC.....

Sadly that is the case in the entire state with regard to modern handguns. A permit is required.

......moon

 

[ridgerunner609]

So, how does this NY state and NYC law work? I know that pistols are bad juju up there but I talked to a state trooper up there about me swinging through New York state and seeing a friend if it would be legal for me to have a shotgun in the truck. From what he said, I understood that while the pistols were bad shotguns were good to go as long as you weren't packing it around everywhere.

 

[cmort666]

So, how does this NY state and NYC law work? I know that pistols are bad juju up there but I talked to a state trooper up there about me swinging through New York state and seeing a friend if it would be legal for me to have a shotgun in the truck. From what he said, I understood that while the pistols were bad shotguns were good to go as long as you weren't packing it around everywhere.

And if he was wrong?

Do NOT bet your freedom and your livelihood on a cop knowing applicable law.

Look it up yourself. If you can't, ask a lawyer or the NRA, preferably BOTH.

As many stories about cops not knowing a law they're actually "enforcing" as have been posted here and elsewhere, taking somebody's word for it seems exceedingly and needlessly dangerous.

 

[bushmaster1313]

Rubbish

Heller says that a state can regulate carrying.
If NY says you need a NY permit you need a NY permit. End of story unless a Federal law is passed to override NY law.

The NYC arrest in the original post was for mere possession. In SC there is nothing that bars an out of state resident from possessing a handgun whether they have any permit or not.

The gist of Heller protection thus far litigated essentially protects the right to have a gun inside the home for protection, and would likely cover things like hotels.

In NYC one apparently can't even possess a handgun unless one has a special dispensation from NYC. Thus even if the full faith and credit clause isn't extended to cover "carrying" (under the idea of that being a reserved police power of the state), it can still be construed as covering merely having, since if state A says you can carry it, state B ought at least recognize that such should suffice as a substitute for their own local dispensation to possess.