I wanted to share my experience flying out of JFK on American Airlines with a declared pistol.  At JFK, American Airlines is in Terminal 8. I went to the American Airlines counter on the third floor. You cannot use the kiosk check-in when traveling with a firearm, so I went directly to the counter and told the agent I had a firearm to declare.  

The airline staff called Port Authority Police. I waited about 25 minutes for them to arrive. Once they got there, they checked the case with my pistol to make sure it was not loaded and in a secure approved case, checked my ID, and matched the serial number on my pistol to my NYC and NY permits.  After that, Port Authority Police walked me over to TSA. TSA scanned the case, which took about 30 seconds, and then I was on my way.

When I arrived at my destination, I went to the special baggage pickup area. My bag came out at the same time as everyone else’s luggage. I showed my ID, took my bag, and left.  Overall, it was a pretty streamlined process and exactly what I expected. No issues at all. I also placed a GPS tag in my bag just in case, and I recommend others do the same.  

Question, are tourists from different country allowed to rent and shoot guns?

I know they are not allowed to rent pistols, they can shoot longs guns.

Also, is there any good gun range to rent in Long Island?

I encourage everybody to do NJ non-res if you've got NY. 19 days from submission to approval... My assigned Inspector was a pleasure to deal with.

No longer do I have to sweat about Waze re-routing me on my way back from Rockland!

Does anyone know how it works if I live at 2 different addresses during the year with a premise residence license? My main address is in Manhattan and that's the one that's on my license. But I spend 5-6 months of the year living at another address. Would I not be able to keep my gun there since it's not the address listed on my license? The second home isn't owned by me but I live there for the entire 5-6 months.

Has anyone else had issues logging in the NYPD portal to check on their purchase authorization today? 5/12

Hi everyone, I’m applying for the NYC Rifle/Shotgun permit and need the updated Safeguard / Acknowledgment of Person Agreeing to Safeguard Firearms form.

I saw an old post here, but the link takes me to a website, not the actual form. I also don’t see it in my NYPD portal Forms section and the form on the whole application is from 2010

Does anyone know where to download the current and correct official form?

Hi I had my dad fill out the safeguard form. I saw a part that said Application / License Number but I don’t see an application number on Nypd portal. Do I just leave that blank ?

Just want to say I'm very surprised with all the lawsuits I see being filed with all the states and that fpa or any of these other law firms that they have not filed any against nyc regarding certain colors not being allowed. Just think its ridiculous that we cant get fde or bronze but we can get odg even though our little military figures as kids were green smh. Meanwhile if you live elsewhere in ny besides the city you can get whatever you want. I thought and could swear I seen a while back which I thought was interesting that the LGBT community had filed a suit against firearm colors but haven't heard anything about it.

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Anyone have a recent renewal timeline for carry permit?
My last renewal they completed in about 6 weeks.
This one is going on 5 months almost and still on submitted.
I’ve emailed several times with no answer.

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