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Exciting news for gun owners who want to visit NYC!
On August 8, 2024, the New York City Police Department rolled out an emergency rule that now lets non-residents apply for concealed carry permits.
This change comes after Gun Owners of America (GOA) and the Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) took the city to court earlier this year.
The lawsuit included folks like Newsmax TV Host Carl Higbie, who had been completely shut out from getting a carry permit in New York, leaving them defenseless.
Erich Pratt, Senior VP of GOA, couldn’t be happier.
“This is great news for the untold millions of Americans who either work or visit New York every year,” he said. “It’s critical that everyone can exercise their inherent right to self-defense, but until now, anti-gunners in New York denied most Americans that basic right.”
Pratt also made it clear that GOA is keeping an eye on how things play out.
“We will continue to monitor local cases to ensure that NYPD indeed grants these permits to applicants in a timely and non-onerous manner,” he explained. “Otherwise, we will gladly file another lawsuit directed specifically at Mayor Adams and the NYPD.”
Up until now, New York’s rules were draconian—only residents or people who work primarily in New York could apply for concealed carry permits. And forget about bringing in a permit from another state; New York didn’t recognize those at all.
That left 94% of Americans, who aren’t New York residents, without a way to legally carry a gun in the state.
New York has been one of the few places in the country where non-residents couldn’t exercise their 2A rights.
But with this new rule, that’s starting to change. Non-residents now have a shot at protecting themselves while they’re in the Empire State — a big win for gun rights and self-defense.
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