PETITION AGAINST PATAKI’S PLAN TO CANCEL ALL
“ UNTIL REVOLKED” HANDGUN LICENSES, ADD UNLIMITED FEES,
REQUIRE 5 YEAR RECERTIFICATION AND OTHER REQUIRMENTS.

     We strongly oppose Gov. George Pataki’s budget proposal S6056/A9556. Implementation of the proposed changes in New York Penal law Section 400.00, will severely impact everyone who has been issued a license that is good “until revoked” and all who apply for a license in the future.
     We object to the new $100 state fee and the provision that allows for counties to charge an unlimited fee. (Currently Nassau charges $200, NY City plans to charge $340 however nothing in the law will prevent counties from charging $1,000 or more.) We object that the 5-year license recertification that must be approved “BY THE LICENSING OFFICER”. We object that thousands of current license holders must be process in just a few months, something no county in NY is capable of doing. We object that no provision is included that mandates that each county contact each license holder to notify them of the provisions of the new law.
     If this law is adopted it will amount to a ban on handgun ownership by all citizens except those who are rich enough to afford the new fees. It is outright discrimination against the poor and those on fixed incomes. If this law is adopted, on Feb. 2nd, 2005, tens of thousands of people who now possess what they think is a “Lifetime License,” will become instant felons, subject to arrest and confiscation of all of their guns, not just their licensed handguns.
     When Gov. Pataki first ran for office he promised that he would not propose new gun laws like the ones proposed by Gov. Mario Cuomo including Cuomo’s proposal for renewable handgun licenses. Cuomo’s renewable license proposal was defeated and Gov. Pataki’s proposal should also be defeated.
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