BUFFALO, N.Y. — The pistol permit deadline has arrived again across New York State. Anyone with a concealed carry permit issued before September 1, 2020, had until the end of August to recertify. A ...

David Jenkins takes aim and fires his pistol at a target while shooting at a range in Wayne County. Jenkins runs Rochester Personal Defense, one of several area businesses certified to educate ...

The Supreme Court of The United States has declined to hear a challenge to a controversial New York state gun law. The Concealed Carry Improvement Act, enacted in 2022, requires those seeking a ...

I applied for my first NYS pistol permit in Albany County in 1968 and received it on Feb. 4, 1969. On the bottom of my permit in large capital letters was, “HUNTING AND TARGET ONLY.” A year or so ...

A part-time judge may teach a New York State pistol permit course and be compensated for it, subject to the public comment rule and other generally applicable limitations on judicial speech and ...