The AG Executive Office transferred me to the Fraud Division. The Fraud Division transferred me to the NY State Government Directory Operator, she tranferred me to the State Police, who transferred me to the NY CHL Office. I spoke to a very nice lady there who stated the gun just had to be concealed, but there were no specific places I was banned from (park, govt building, etc...).
As a side not she asked, "You're not going into NY City are you?" I told her I wasn't leaving the island of Manhatten, and she said, "OH, let me give you the number to the NYC Concealed Handgun Office, as you will have to deal with them."
We had a short discussion about how NYC and NY are two seperate states and how NYC pretty much does their own thing.
I called the NYC Concealed Handgun Office and was transferred to a Criminal Attorney for the office named Jennifer Lee. Ms. Lee was very nice, (and sounded quite cute by the way) but had not heard of HR 218, and she said I caught her at a bad time. A bad time?
She then informed me it was her first week on the job, but if I gave her my cell number she would check with her supervisor and call me back.
(Yeah, sure, I'll hold my breath.)In 15 minutes my phone was ringing and it was Ms. Lee. She said I could carry the gun anywhere as long as it was concealed. The exception she said was that a private property owner could keep me from coming on property with a gun. She then said a mouth full...."But if your gun is concealed, I don't see how the property owner would know you have a gun."
I will report back and see how this goes, of course if I do everything right, I will not have to let anyone know I'm carrying. The only problems I can see coming up are the museums, Empire State Building, etc.
Glenn
They said it was a 23rd Degree Felony for someone to have one. (Exageration I know, but it seems like in NY, if it's not a traffic ticket, it's a felony.)
