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I just got this in an email.
Fingerprinting is required to turn in an application.
So, in effect, Orange County is no longer accepting pistol permit applications.
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Dear Instructor,
I wish this email was bringing you encouraging news. Effective Monday, August 22nd, fingerprinting in Orange County for the NYS handgun license is suspended. The teaching of the Handgun Safety Course for the handgun license is to be offered only to those applicants who can submit their completed application to the Pistol Office on or before August 31st. All fully completed applications submitted to the Pistol Office on or before August 31st will be processed by the licensing authorities. The OC Instructor’s List has been removed from public view on the website. If you get a request from an applicant that needs a safety class and can submit their application by August 31st but, you are unable to teach the class, please make every effort to direct the applicant to another instructor off the list who is available or contact me.
Please read carefully the attached important announcement from the Sheriff’s Office regarding the issuance of handgun licenses in Orange County. It explains in detail the process going forward.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.
Sincere Regards,
Sheryl J. Thomas
Range Supervisor
Civilian Tactical Handgun Training & LEOSA HR 218
Orange County Sheriff’s Office
W: 845-291-4441 | C: 845-281-3024
HR 218/Civilian Tactical Handgun Training
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August 18, 2022
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office has stopped scheduling fingerprinting for gun permit applicants due to the new law passed by the state legislature and signed by Gov Hochul.
The licensing authorities in Orange County have advised this Office that they cannot sign off on applications without a social media check of the applicant and proof of training as required by the new law. DCJS and the State Police have been designated by the new law to develop the new training regimen by April 2023, but the law, requiring a new training regimen, takes effect on September 1, 2022, creating an insurmountable issue for the issuance of new gun permits. It would be unfair to applicants to collect fingerprinting fees (currently $111.50) with no ability to submit their applications.
The Sheriff’s Office strongly urges any gun permit applicant that has already been fingerprinted to submit their applications no later than August 31, 2022. Any application submitted on or after September 1, 2022 cannot be processed due to lack of compliance with the new training regimen and social media review. The law does not offer an interim substitution for the training regimen that is to be determined by DCJS and the State Police and this Office does not have the capabilities of conducting social media reviews for the past 3 years of applicants given the volume of gun permit applications.
There have been lawsuits filed seeking a stay of the implementation of the new gun law. If they are successful, this Office will immediately reinstate fingerprinting for gun permit applicants if the stay addresses both the social media reviews and the new training regimen. If a stay is not implemented by the Court this Office will continue to cease acceptance of gun permit applications until the matter is fully resolved by the Courts or the training regimen and social media reviews are available.
Fingerprinting is required to turn in an application.
So, in effect, Orange County is no longer accepting pistol permit applications.
------------------------
Dear Instructor,
I wish this email was bringing you encouraging news. Effective Monday, August 22nd, fingerprinting in Orange County for the NYS handgun license is suspended. The teaching of the Handgun Safety Course for the handgun license is to be offered only to those applicants who can submit their completed application to the Pistol Office on or before August 31st. All fully completed applications submitted to the Pistol Office on or before August 31st will be processed by the licensing authorities. The OC Instructor’s List has been removed from public view on the website. If you get a request from an applicant that needs a safety class and can submit their application by August 31st but, you are unable to teach the class, please make every effort to direct the applicant to another instructor off the list who is available or contact me.
Please read carefully the attached important announcement from the Sheriff’s Office regarding the issuance of handgun licenses in Orange County. It explains in detail the process going forward.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.
Sincere Regards,
Sheryl J. Thomas
Range Supervisor
Civilian Tactical Handgun Training & LEOSA HR 218
Orange County Sheriff’s Office
W: 845-291-4441 | C: 845-281-3024
HR 218/Civilian Tactical Handgun Training
-------------------------------------------------
August 18, 2022
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office has stopped scheduling fingerprinting for gun permit applicants due to the new law passed by the state legislature and signed by Gov Hochul.
The licensing authorities in Orange County have advised this Office that they cannot sign off on applications without a social media check of the applicant and proof of training as required by the new law. DCJS and the State Police have been designated by the new law to develop the new training regimen by April 2023, but the law, requiring a new training regimen, takes effect on September 1, 2022, creating an insurmountable issue for the issuance of new gun permits. It would be unfair to applicants to collect fingerprinting fees (currently $111.50) with no ability to submit their applications.
The Sheriff’s Office strongly urges any gun permit applicant that has already been fingerprinted to submit their applications no later than August 31, 2022. Any application submitted on or after September 1, 2022 cannot be processed due to lack of compliance with the new training regimen and social media review. The law does not offer an interim substitution for the training regimen that is to be determined by DCJS and the State Police and this Office does not have the capabilities of conducting social media reviews for the past 3 years of applicants given the volume of gun permit applications.
There have been lawsuits filed seeking a stay of the implementation of the new gun law. If they are successful, this Office will immediately reinstate fingerprinting for gun permit applicants if the stay addresses both the social media reviews and the new training regimen. If a stay is not implemented by the Court this Office will continue to cease acceptance of gun permit applications until the matter is fully resolved by the Courts or the training regimen and social media reviews are available.
