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SAF FILES FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST BLOOMBERG OVER GUN PERMIT FEES


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Bloomie being sued by Second Amendment Foundation and the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association. He knew this was coming, as last year he "tried" to streamline the process and reduce the fees. Remember, these licenses are a bit like Chicago's CFP system. You must possess the license merely to keep a gun in your home. The current license and fingerprinting fees come to about $435!!

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/06/nyregion/06gun.html

 

Bloomberg Is Sued Over City’s Handgun Permit Fee

By ANAHAD O’CONNOR

Published: April 6, 2011

 

A gun-rights-advocacy group sued Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Tuesday, claiming that the city fee for obtaining a home-handgun permit was so excessive that it impinged on the Second Amendment.

 

Read more at link above.

 

 

More here: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/saf-files-federal-lawsuit-against-bloomberg-over-gun-permit-fees-119283184.html

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A license just to keep a gun in the home. Kinda sounds like the FOID in IL. I honestly believe that some day my son will be asking "really, you used to have to get a license just to own a gun?"

 

Great news for NY. If we can get them, Mass and NJ turned around and get shall issue in IL and WI we're going to be sitting pretty good in this country

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Someone, including Federal Farmer I think, summarized the total training/licensure cost of lawfully keeping a gun in Chicago.

 

Can someone remind me of that figure?

 

 

sure, both of us kept a talley on the costs, his IIRC, ran more due to number of firearms, but I had real hard costs just over 400 bucks.

 

Inlcuding "time and materials" mine came to around 900 dollars.

 

total BS. Hey, at least I'm "legal"rolleyes.gif

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BELLEVUE, WA - The Second Amendment Foundation today filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg that alleges New York City's $340 fee for a permit to keep a handgun in the home is "excessive andimpermissibly burdens the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms."

 

SAF is joined in the lawsuit by the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association and five individual New York City residents. Also named as a defendant in the lawsuit is New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

 

"Under state law," said SAF Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb, "the maximum fee for issuing a New York State handgun license is $10, but the law exempts citizens living in New York City. That exemption allows the city to charge an exorbitant fee for the license, which discourages city residents from exercising their civil rights while violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

 

"For decades the City has charged its residents exorbitant license fees that far exceed the fees charged by other states and cities that impose them," said attorney David Jensen, who is representing the plaintiffs. "The effect of this is to force a punitive tax on New York City citizens who choose to own firearms in compliance with the law. But people have a constitutional right to keep and bear arms, and the City cannot simply impose fees for the sake of burdening law-abiding gun owners."

 

"The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association was founded 141 years ago in New York City and we are proud to participate in an action to help restore the Second Amendment rights of all New York City residents," said NYSRPA President Tom King.

 

In its lawsuit, SAF notes that the $340 fee is not used to defray administrative costs, so there appears to be no purpose for it other than to discourage people from applying for a permit. The excessive fee, according to Gottlieb, puts the exercise of a constitutional right solely within the financial reach of the wealthy class, essentially turning a civil right into a privilege for the rich and well-connected.

 

"New York is one of only two states that require a permit just to keep a handgun in one's own home," Gottlieb said. "Citizens in the other 48 states would consider that an outrage. The city's residence premises' handgun license amounts to a charge of more than $100 annually to keep a handgun in one's home, which is ridiculous. Mayor Bloomberg is essentially taxing the fundamental right to defend one's self in his or her own home. We cannot think of anything more egregious than perpetuating a fee structure that puts a financial obstacle in the way of citizens who want to protect their homes and families.

 

"We believe the only recourse is to take this issue to the federal court," he concluded. "Billionaires like Mayor Bloomberg can be cavalier about a citizen's rights, but we can't, and we won't."

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