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New York Announces New Concealed Carry Gun Laws
NEW YORK (77WABC) — Mayor Eric Adams says police officers will employ “good old-fashioned” methods of investigation like knocking on neighbors’ doors.
This comes as part of the background check requirements on potential gun permit holders included in New York’s new gun safety law.
“It is really about using the good, old-fashioned methods of doing investigation,” Adams said in an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”. “When I became a police officer, people knocked on my neighbor’s doors and interviewed them and asked what type of person am I.”
State officials added extra requirements for individuals seeking concealed carry weapons permits that took effect Sept. 1 in the wake of the US Supreme Court’s decision that overturned a 1913 state law mandating individuals to show “proper cause” for carrying a gun. Background checks will now require applicants to sit down for an in-person interview, submit four character references, a list of former and current social media accounts spanning the prior three years and disclose the names of their spouse or any other adults living in their home.
Permit renewals will also now be required every three years, instead of five years under the former law.
NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said the department has tracked a 54% increase in carrying license applications ahead of the deadline.
