Originally Posted by
Sabretooth
You sure? NY already charges these fees for a handgun permit ($105 for filing, $50 for a safety course (though, sometimes you can get them for free), and depending on the county, an addition $75 for fingerprinting (though, my county is free). Plus $3 for each time you make an addition/subtraction of a handgun to your permit.
Besides, if you can afford $250 and (way) up for a gun of any type, not sure you can call the fees "disenfranchising the poor".
Of course they disenfranchise the poor, but gun ownership is an easy target, so few people care.
NYC restricts the size of fountain drinks, so I'm not sure that NY state is a good example of what Americans will tolerate.
Are gun crimes in NY especially low?