Blackmind,
IIRC (I left NY in 1993, was stationed at Griffiss), by law you could not touch a handgun in a gun shop or even fire it if you didn't have the "tag" on your permit. But I will admit that I only went to one gun shop in NY the entire time that I was there, was told that I needed to get a permit first.
I had to be in state for a year (which I did) and then get my commander to sign off and then try for my permit or actual license. I did and sent in the paperwork.
Griffiss was closed 6 months later and I got moved to Moody AFB, GA. Got my permit there, no problem, and forgot about NY.
6 months later and then in GA, I got my restricted NY permit with the two guns that I had at the time on it (GP-100 and the Jennings .22).
It's expired now, so it's just a "looky what I got" (if I can find it again).
But the gun stores in NY wouldn't even let you touch a handgun without a license and if you had one, they would let you look at, but they didn't like it very much (from what I saw).
As for shooting other peoples guns, I don't know. All I know is that they allowed me to fire fully auto (well, 3 shots at a time) M-16 and the M-9 while in NY but that was on base, not outside it.
Wayne
I used to live on LI and had a pistol permit there. My friend and I used to go to the range together and fire each other's handguns. I was never made aware that this was illegal. What are you basing this statement on? Can you cite something in the actual law for us? I don't think it's true...
IIRC (I left NY in 1993, was stationed at Griffiss), by law you could not touch a handgun in a gun shop or even fire it if you didn't have the "tag" on your permit. But I will admit that I only went to one gun shop in NY the entire time that I was there, was told that I needed to get a permit first.
I had to be in state for a year (which I did) and then get my commander to sign off and then try for my permit or actual license. I did and sent in the paperwork.
Griffiss was closed 6 months later and I got moved to Moody AFB, GA. Got my permit there, no problem, and forgot about NY.
6 months later and then in GA, I got my restricted NY permit with the two guns that I had at the time on it (GP-100 and the Jennings .22).
It's expired now, so it's just a "looky what I got" (if I can find it again).
But the gun stores in NY wouldn't even let you touch a handgun without a license and if you had one, they would let you look at, but they didn't like it very much (from what I saw).
As for shooting other peoples guns, I don't know. All I know is that they allowed me to fire fully auto (well, 3 shots at a time) M-16 and the M-9 while in NY but that was on base, not outside it.
Wayne