Under the new law, firearms are presumed to be prohibited in privately owned businesses and spaces unless the owner proactively puts a sign at the entrance saying guns are allowed on premises. Guns are also banned in a wide swath of 'sensitive places.'
Also taking effect Thursday are a series of changes to the state’s pistol permitting process, with new applicants required to undergo a new training regimen — which includes 16 hours in a classroom and two hours of live firing — and to identify all of their social media accounts from the last three years.
I never thought from watching cowboy movies as a child — ‘Leave your gun at the door’ — that it would become a reality in the state of New YorkThe mayor said the city will launch a series of public service announcements and has posted a series of signs around Times Square “informing people that it is a gun-free zone.”
The state will also create a new appeals board to hear challenges from those who see their gun permit applications denied. That part of the law will take effect April 1, 2023.a lawsuit already filed by Carl Paladino Sewell, the NYPD commissioner, said the new laws and rules are designed to “properly balance the licensees’ rights with keeping our city safe, which is what we do.”
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