NYS Pistol Permit Recertification

[John Sabato]

Wow! A DSL connection out where YOU live Rich? Amazing...

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by John Sabato

Wow! A DSL connection out where YOU live Rich? Amazing...

A new ISP in my area, Localnet, is now offering DSL. They didn't just a few years ago. But my dial-up ISP dumped all residential customers and went all-commercial.

But it's not broadband. They piggyback on Verizon landlines. I think the best I've seen is 286kbps according to Ookla. Still better than Verizon dial-up for sure.

I did have to have a Verizon tech come out and switch me to a different service. He confirmed that I'll never see FiOS in my lifetime. In fact, he told me they stopped upgrading to copper lines - many places still have aluminum.

Price for the DSL service is about 2 1/2 times what I paid for dial-up access. But I thought I'd give it a try.

I do still have problems - I can't access my email through IE, don't know why. Seamonkey [Mozilla] connected right away. I can browse with IE just not get email.

But back to the State Police taking over the pistol permits. Many of the handguns I have had to be listed on their form as 'Other' - They didn't recognize Nambu, FN, Gasser, Helwan, or Warner; and 'Lugers' are listed as DWM, Mauser or Luger. I had to 'certify' them as what was originally on my permit, which was taken from the bills of sale/receipts. Many gun dealers don't realize that 'Luger' is a generic term (like Nylon, Teflon, Kleenex, etc) and put 'Luger' down for a DWM or a Mauser. And although most of my 'Lugers' have the suffix noted, some don't. Once it's in their database it can't be changed. It's easier to change the stamp than their records.

...Or so I'm told...