According to numbers released today by the NYSP, 23,847 people have applied to register a total of 44,485 newly defined so-called assault-style weapons.
It is reasonable to assume that only a very low number of people are complying with the law. It is also safe to assume these numbers are much higher than the actual numbers as there are probably lots of Seymore Butz’s and Al Kaholic’s on the list.
Neither the Governor nor legislature will care. Cuomo will never admit he made a mistake and I don’t expect many in the media to call him on it.
I think you will find these numbers high. If one person has 5 evil guns, were they counted 5 times or just once??
Some problems with the numbers.
1. All of the registrations from NYC must be police because no civilian could have any “Assault Weapons” because they are already banned in NYC and they have been banned for decades. I think most of those who registered are police or retired police across the state.
2. 900 pistols were registered. Pistols did not need to be registered because they are already registered. Gov. Pataki’s original AWB included a ban on registering AWs on your handgun license. All 900 pistols must be an error.