Pistol Permit Renewal

[Dave]

Just got my pistol permit renewal from Nassau County. They want another $200 don't know if I will renew. Just too much money for nothing.

Dave

[WNYBuckHunter]

Sucks that you guys have to renew it. Up this way, it is good until revoked.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

And yet another example of why New York sucks. This is not required in most counties and should not be required for you. Yet another way for them to get around the 2nd Ammendment

[burmjohn]

Just got my pistol permit renewal from Nassau County. They want another $200 don't know if I will renew. Just too much money for nothing.

Dave

It does suck, I want to get mine upstate so I do not have to deal with this crap. And to top it off you have to bring all your pistols when you renew.

[hunter]

Dave, I know it sucks but try to look at it's $40.00 per year. There are so many people trying to take this right away from us I wouldn't volunteer to give it up. BTW that's where mine is too and I had to pony up last December myself.

[burmjohn]

Actually I just got my renewal also,  you don't need to bring your pistols in anymore, I guess they just changed those rules.

[Mr VJP]

Money for nothing is right.  What exactly does the $200 pay for?  Permits are only supposed to cost what is needed to cover the expense of issuing one.  $200 is a lot to do a little paperwork.  You know these costs are not going to go down, but did you know they can be raised to any amount, at any time, without any voter or gun owner approval? 

In reality, pistol owners are being fined every year for being  pistol owners.  That means they are seen as law breakers by the elected officials.  It's not like other permits for building or using a park either.  As a law abiding adult, you have a RIGHT to own that pistol.  No permit is required unless pistol owners allow it to become a requirement.  Seemed like a common sense law when it started though, didn't it?

Now would be a good time to start a grass roots protest movement and threaten to sue if the fee isn't drastically lowered right now.  But I dont expect that will happen.  The anti's are winning because gun owners are allowing them to win.

[bubba]

glad mine is for life so far anyway.  it cost 17 bucks when I got it and took 3 weeks.  That was back in 83 I think.