I can only give you anecdotal experience. When I lived in NYC I had
enough issues with their long gun licensing procedure; I never got
around to handguns (but someone gave me two and I hid them in a bank
vault for years). A couple of years ago my son-in-law allowed his home
permit to expire.
This is only tangential to the question, but I believe that Eamon Collins'
autobiography Killing Rage, mentions that he and his wife had discussed
applying for a firearms permit. Eamon Collins was The IRA Supergrass. He
assisted the British but retracted his testimony and with assurances of
I am pretty sure Hawaii is tough on getting handgun permits, too. I
recall my conversations with cowboy action shooters when I was there for
a short while on Navy Reserve duty. Everything is registered. Not as
crazy as NY, NJ, Chicago, or DC, probably, but not easy.
***GRJ***
