Does my Sportsman license cease to exist on 9/1/22? I am really asking because I do not want to unwittingly do anything illegal.
Additionally, I do not understand the requirement for a 16 course every three years. I have completed the NRA live fire course and have conducted weapons training yearly with the military for more that 20 years. Including qualifying with the M9. I also go to the range at least monthly.
Between the future expense of ammunition, required courses and restrictions more folks will cease to engage in shooting sports and less people will be interested in dealing with the amount of work that it takes to keep a license.
In terms of taking a class every three years - I don’t know what the marksmanship requirements will be but as folks get older it will be harder to pass. I say this because at the range I go to there are a significant numbers of range officers in their 70s and 80s these guys are excellent and experts in many disciplines - are they going to fail marksmanship because they are not as accurate as they used to be?
Answer to the first question is yes, your Sportsman license no longer exist. The restrictions were removed and it is now a class f concealed carry license with county imposed restrictions removed. Now whether or not the county will acknowledge that is a separate question.
Honest I don't think local LE really cares about the issue of license holders carrying concealed but none of them wants to say anything publically that might hurt them politically. Can you imagine the flak the County Executive would get after making a public statement that the county restrictions are null and void? It would be the right thing to do given Bruen but political expediency seems to be more important than doing the right thing.
There is no rational reasoning for requiring the course ESPECIALLY given the training you already have. But the state doesn't rely on rational reasoning. I'm a veteran, I've had a NYS pistol license for 30 years and CCW's from multiple states for decades. I'm not totally opposed to training BUT have major concerns that some states will use training requirements as just another roadblock to hinder folks from exercising their 2nd Amendment rights.
I seriously doubt much of what the state is proposing is going to hold up. In fact I don't think it's going to hold up in state courts or the 2nd Circuit. We'll see.