Appeal of a “DENY” of the NYSP
If a customer is denied an attempted purchase of a firearm at your shop, what happens next? We’ll explore the first NYSP appeal - and more - in this three-part blog series.
Denied, due to January 6?
An estimated 6,000 persons were pardoned in December 2024 and January 2025, including approximately 1,500 persons related to the events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. The logistics of a presidential pardon vis-a-vis Second Amendment rights is a new discussion topic. Here are some of the considerations for me, as an attorney, whose phone is ringing with exactly this question.
Checklist, Not Regulations
Unofficial papers of an individual law enforcement officer are not regulations, but what does that mean as a practical matter when the police are at your door?
When it’s the government making the error, what is a licensee to do?
What is a licensed business to do when a government office issues directions that contradict itself and may carry penal law consequences? Let’s identify some tools, generally, and find the silver lining to the NYS Police gaffe, specifically. Timing may be bad for this Black Friday scenario, but best to get ahead of it before a customer asks for it.