The Quartermaster
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This is another example of when people behind lines in the not America, getting exposed to to what America is supposed to be in other states, get a splash of cold watered reality to their faces.I live in NY. The county in which I have my pistol permit, which is required for doing just about anything with a pistol including simply possessing it in my own home, was onerous and expensive. It also has to be renewed every three years. But the renewal cost was pretty low, like $10.
I received word today that they're raising the fee. To $125. And if you need an amendment, i.e. you buy or sell a gun, it's another fee, going from $5 to $25. That's every time you want to make a change.
This is part of a longtime and ongoing effort in NY to do administratively what they couldn't do constitutionally. Eventually, only the wealthy and the well connected are going to be able to afford to own guns in NY... which kind of defeats 2A in the first place.
Some are blown away because they get it now, while some get blown away as in being scared crapless at the first gun owners they are seeing.
I was at a gas station getting gas when a road tripping couple from NY pulled up behind me. They saw that I was open carrying (which I don't normally do unless it's going to or coming from a course), and decided to go across the highway for gas instead.