New York State Police: Missed pistol recert deadline won’t be enforced, for now

By Chris Eger

“To be clear, the State Police will not be confiscating weapons from those permit holders who fail to recertify by January 31st,” says the agency. (Photo: NYSP)
With thousands of pistol permit holders yet to re-up by the end of the month, state police say they will not take action on those who “unknowingly failed to recertify.”
As of Wednesday, authorities say that just 262,114 New Yorkers have submitted a pistol permit re-certification. However, with an estimated 1.2 million formerly lifetime permits in circulation and the SAFE Act-mandated re-certification deadline looming, officials say they are not looking to take anyone’s guns.
“To be clear, the State Police will not be confiscating weapons from those permit holders who fail to recertify by January 31st,” says a notice on the NYSP’s re-certification site. “This provision was never intended to be a ‘Gotcha’ for pistol permit holders. It was included in the law that was passed by the legislature and signed by the Governor in order to update the accuracy of both state and local records.”
The State Police say they will continue to accept re-certifications throughout 2018 as they work to update the database, but will take note of those submitted late.
While the agency points out

Source: Guns.com