- Oct 25, 2012
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Just an attempt at clarification regarding the "10 firearms" issue:
By NY's weird legal definition, all "firearms" are illegal, and all handguns and "AW's" are considered "firearms." Guns that do not meet those definitions (e.g. shotguns or non "AW" rifles) are not. However, if one holds a license to possess a particular handgun or "AW," and that handgun or "AW" is registered, it is legal and therefore not considered a "firearm" by the state.
So the only people affected by the "10 firearms" language will be those illegally possessing 10 or more unregistered handguns or "AW's". You can legally possess as many other guns as you wish.
I have eleven handguns listed on my NY LTC, not to mention a bunch of long guns in my safe, but by their defintion, I have no "firearms."
Clear as mud?
Until the change the meaning of firearm as well.