NY has dug up this old law that has largely ignored for ages, and is simply exploiting it to the extent that people's ignorance of their rights during a time of grief will allow it. From what I read, (no link, I don't remember where), there is a 10 day period and a procedure for heirs to applly for the required permits, but if they are anaware, and caught off guard, as is common with people grieving, they will snag up every gun that the relatives think they have to relenquish. They will also not inform them of what guns they do not have to give up, or about their procedural rights for hanging on to them.
It is my understanding that these intimidation tactics are not a statewide policy of policing, but rather a Buffalo PD abuse, though I'm sure there are other PDs in NY that intimidate gun owners.
It is my understanding that these intimidation tactics are not a statewide policy of policing, but rather a Buffalo PD abuse, though I'm sure there are other PDs in NY that intimidate gun owners.