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New York has got to be the worst state all around for handgun owners.
First, if you are from any other state in the entire U.S.; even traveling through the state with an unloaded and locked-up pistol can be a worrysome experience.
If you are from the state,like I am,any Joe Shmo in the world can call up the local PD and have them hassle you about any allegedly inappropriate action regarding your handguns. They can make up any crap and the cops will believe them, not you. Some PDs will pull your permit for up to six months for ANY reason. You have to be nice to even the Sh----iest neighbors.
AND... your guns go into police custody with the permit!!
In a very hunting friendly rural area of NY, I oncewalked into a pizza place to get takeout, WITH JUST MY HOLSTER ON MY BELT, NO GUN And the owner interrogated me as if I were psychotic. (I'm not)
Theoretically, you can OC while hunting, or while being in a legal hunting area WITH A HUNTING LICENSE and a NY Pistol Permit, giving hikers a quasi-OK to OC. Sort of. But is it really worth it? No.
Leave the handgun in the car. Carry a rifle or a shotgun.
Talk about open carry. When I hike in NY I carry my Mauser K98. Hell with them. You talk about the comments people make!
New York has got to be the worst state all around for handgun owners.
First, if you are from any other state in the entire U.S.; even traveling through the state with an unloaded and locked-up pistol can be a worrysome experience.
If you are from the state,like I am,any Joe Shmo in the world can call up the local PD and have them hassle you about any allegedly inappropriate action regarding your handguns. They can make up any crap and the cops will believe them, not you. Some PDs will pull your permit for up to six months for ANY reason. You have to be nice to even the Sh----iest neighbors.
AND... your guns go into police custody with the permit!!
In a very hunting friendly rural area of NY, I oncewalked into a pizza place to get takeout, WITH JUST MY HOLSTER ON MY BELT, NO GUN And the owner interrogated me as if I were psychotic. (I'm not)
Theoretically, you can OC while hunting, or while being in a legal hunting area WITH A HUNTING LICENSE and a NY Pistol Permit, giving hikers a quasi-OK to OC. Sort of. But is it really worth it? No.
Leave the handgun in the car. Carry a rifle or a shotgun.
Talk about open carry. When I hike in NY I carry my Mauser K98. Hell with them. You talk about the comments people make!