NYS Pistol Permit Recertification

[ithacaartist]

Congrats, Rich, on changing over to the bicycle lane of the information superhighway--rather than remaining in the ditch!

My dealer sent out an email about the re-certification nonsense. We've had registration here since 1968, IIRC, and two tiers of permit--one for owning and transporting, the next level for carrying concealed.

We have until Jan 2018 to re-certify. My dealer says he's going to wait until the last minute, then send a hard copy completed form registered mail with return receipt requested. This gesture is to ensure it is as inconvenient for the "powers that be" as they are making it for us. They are calling it "re-certification" as opposed to "renewal" for some reason.

Ironically, I just finished refreshing (every 5 yrs.) my good standing on the county level, which needed a slip from the sheriff's office saying that I'd passed (once again) the same background check I pass every time I have a pistol transferred to me. Even this wasn't necessary in the past, as permits were issued for a lifetime, unless, of course, one transgressed. At the first sign of involuntary admission as a mental health client, being the object of a domestic order of protection, or a felony, it is revoked and they come for your guns. Now, my dealer says, we can add "not filling out a re-certification form" to the list of things to make a non gun owner of oneself.

When I register a pistol, I try to ensure its description is accurate on those forms. No paperwork is required from the transferring dealer, just divulge the name and address on the form. This form's info also can be corrected any time after the registration. But I can only speak for Schuyler County, and there is plenty of variation in this respect within the state. What a cluster-****.