So, I was thinking about my journey to apply for a rifle / shotgun license where I live here in NY. For where I live, you need to submit what amounts to a 40 page application to the NYPD just for the ability to purchase a rifle / shotgun (separate application for a handgun) to keep in your home.

While thinking about this, and for now I am not going to bother spending the $350 non-refundable application fee to do so, I was thinking about the Heller decision and got to reading this great article about the strict scrutiny standard applied in Heller:

https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/heller-decision-strict-scrutiny/

This got me to wondering if the NYPD's permit license application process would ever survive a strict scrutiny standard

let alone NY's laws about magazine capacity and assault rifle definition

@Zuluzeit what's she doubling down on?

> @Zuluzeit what's she doubling down on?
@busillis Who? Melissa Carone?

You said down on and I'm wondering what's she down on? @Zuluzeit

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Clearly I failed @Zuluzeit#7399

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I've been in and out all morning. I'm lost.

Probably not https://youtu.be/1Mi-LXipDo8

Check out https://youtu.be/Z1mPyazIIE4

Yep; now you see what I'm up against.

In a nutshell, it's cost / time / practically prohibitive for me to even be allowed to exercise my constitutional right to have a firearm at all. any firearm

Maybe you should look into getting a musket

You might be able to possess the musket in 2/3 of the material required to fire it...

https://youtu.be/X1WwQkeDuXs @Neph (Nec) / Krystaps (War)

https://www.bolk-antiques.nl/inventory/cannons/. @Neph (Nec) / Krystaps (War)

https://piratefashions.com/collections/black-powder-cannons-n-swival-gun

@Maw Let me know how if you know how he was destroyed by a bad medical corps.

@Doc any thoughts on a swivel Cannon in New York City?

Or perhaps a musket...

I have no idea what that is? I know what a swivel cannon is, but not of any in NYC

Perhaps the swivel Cannon could be a way to prepare for civil war without having to face the background check for a firearm.

If you want to fight a civil war, you need a significant actor to fund you first.

True

I don't know why the guy wants to firearm in New York City...

who?

I was just throwing it out there because it seems hyperbolic..

I have no idea what this is about. Do remember I do not watch TV and does not read papers.

what is the video?

Just this guy who wants a firearm...

People shooting cannons...

join a club?

And the musket

It probably be pretty fun to shoot...

Just for fun...

my gun club has a western subsection and a black powder sub section.

they fire muskets and such

Cool.. and some states in the United States I don't think any background check is required for ball and shot weapons..

well, if you are barred from owning a gun, it is usually for good reason, yes?

I think in New York you can possess the weapon if it's antique and then you can have 2/3 of the components required to fire it... So they've effectively closed that loophole.