Welcome to the site. Your title is a bit mis-leading. NY didn't just got bad, that law was probably on the books for years. You just got a raw deal from a Sheriffs office. Sounds like a total BS, why don't you go back to the Troopers where you always got the gun back. I would ask for the disposition proof and call it the day, you wont win this one. How much was the gun worth anyway?