NY gun owner's list.

[Jack Lawman]

Originally Posted by Edward Tinker

I have heard of this being done for CCW holders - not sure how this can be legal?

Our birdbrain lawmakers wrote it right into the law . Must have been many years ago. The media does it because they can. All they have to do is FOIL the records. You expect them to act honorably (the Journal News is a major area newspaper), but hey, they're a bunch of a$$hat liberals like almost every other paper. They should get sued if somebody gets burglarized.

New York State Penal Law Section 400.00(5):
S 400.00 Licenses to carry, possess, repair and dispose of firearms.
5. Filing of approved applications. The application for any license, if granted, shall be filed by the licensing officer with the clerk of the county of issuance, except that in the city of New York and, in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk, the licensing officer shall designate the place of filing in the appropriate division, bureau or unit of the police department thereof, and in the county of Suffolk the county clerk is hereby authorized to transfer all records or applications relating to firearms to the licensing authority of that county. The name and address of any person to whom an application for any license has been granted shall be a public record. Upon application by a licensee who has changed his place of residence such records or applications shall be transferred to the appropriate officer at the licensee`s new place of residence. A duplicate copy of such application shall be filed by the licensing officer in the executive department, division of state police, Albany, within ten days after issuance of the license. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to change the expiration date or term of such licenses if otherwise provided for in law.