to: Dave P
Although it took my neighbor, a retired NYC Detective almost 2 years to get his revolver returned to him over a trivial matter, I highly doubt that it will take very long to get my license reinstated and my guns returned to my possession. The inspector who I had been speaking with already approved the reinstatement and return and it is just a matter of her two superiors signing off in agreement. As I stated in a previous post, I've always had a professional relationship with the gun licensing division of NYPD and my experience in this matter is no exception. My neighbor, the retired NYPD detective, had suggested that I not even notify the gun licensing division of the summons and, if I followed his advice, they would not have even known about the summons because it was dismissed and sealed in a few weeks. But I chose to follow the laws set forth in the Gun License Manual.
I'm confident that I'll have my guns returned to me in a timely manner. They are held in "safekeeping" for one year. If they are not returned to me by 12/2/10, then I have grounds for a lawsuit which I will easily win since on 2/1/10 the case was dismissed. But I hope it doesn't come down to that since I want my guns back.
To Glenn Dee..
suspicious of what? Do you know how difficult it is to get a pistol permit in NYC and renew that permit? I think I was investigated by the NYPD, the CIA, the FBI, and the TSA to get the permit. I think I can safely say that anyone who gets a pistol permit in NYC is one of the highest law abiding citizens in the nation.
but.. the fact remains that search was illegal which is why the DA dismissed the charges even though the knife was perfectly legal to carry in NY.
bubsy