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Gun Control & RKBA

Straw Man

(6,947 posts)

17. False.

Reply to mikeb302000 (Reply #13)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 04:40 PM

Nov 2012

Not arbitrary, based on several factors and overseen by review boards.

In upstate counties, handgun permits are administered through the Sheriff's office, and each application is reviewed by a county judge, who has total discretion to approve or deny. Essentially, your fate is in one person's hands, and there are no established standards or codified criteria.

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New York Gun Control Law Upheld - Another Defeat for the Second Amendment Foundation [View all] mikeb302000 Nov 2012 OP

good news naaman fletcher Nov 2012 #1

Now, that's an intelligent comparison. nt mikeb302000 Nov 2012 #11

I wouldn't do the happy dance just yet if I were you, Jason... friendly_iconoclast Nov 2012 #2

You keep calling me Jason mikeb302000 Nov 2012 #12

Of *course* you are- when you're not a 60-ish expat living in Italy, amirite? friendly_iconoclast Nov 2012 #14

Such a nice state...so far behind the times. ileus Nov 2012 #3

You forgot the sarcasm tag. Starboard Tack Nov 2012 #7

you mean holding up a system gejohnston Nov 2012 #8

That's what cops do every day. It's part of their job. Starboard Tack Nov 2012 #9

this is the only one gejohnston Nov 2012 #10

Not arbitrary, based on several factors and overseen by review boards. nt mikeb302000 Nov 2012 #13

Unless it's based upon having a clean record and passing an objective test, it's arbitrary. friendly_iconoclast Nov 2012 #15

Maybe that is how it is done in Italy gejohnston Nov 2012 #16

False. Straw Man Nov 2012 #17

Next stop, SCOTUS. N/T GreenStormCloud Nov 2012 #4

Yup. No law is going to stand where only rich people can get permits. Atypical Liberal Nov 2012 #5

It was touch and go for a while there slackmaster Nov 2012 #6