[Puppage]

You obviously don't know anything about the area, so why are you criticizing?

Since WHEN do you need to "know" an area in order to talk about the GENERAL subject of SAFETY? Does SAFETY come AT A COST? Hmm? It is NOT a criticism. Safety & LIBERTY are 2 totally different things.Why are YOU upset? Can you get a carry permit in Amherst?

[Maelstrom]

Cut it out...you're damaging your own credibility because you don't have any idea what's happening there.

[kitkat]

***Since WHEN do you need to "know" an area in order to talk about the GENERAL subject of SAFETY?***

If you're talking about the "general subject of safety," then talk about the GENERAL subject. But you're talking about an area you know nothing about. The people of Amherst do NOT have to live behind bars for protection. Amherst has an excellent police force and NO ONE puts up with hooligans in Amherst. It's a bedroom community of 140,000 people who moved there to find a good place to live. I have a VERY modest income, and our taxes are high. But I do without a lot to live in a peaceful community.

[general_re]

Can you get a carry permit in Amherst?

Dude, just slow down and chill out. You've never been there, obviously, so let's not get maudlin.

First off, pistol permits in New York are issued by county, not by cities/towns/villages. Yes, you can get a carry permit in Erie County, where Amherst is - I personally know two people who had carry permits in Erie County, and neither of them had to do anything particularly exceptional to get one. There's a very nice skeet-shooting range on Maple Road in Amherst, if you're into that kind of thing, but you should be aware that outside of that, it's illegal to discharge firearms within the town limits, except in defense of your person or property - there are very few open spaces where you can safely do so in the first place, so it's not a matter of "gun-grabbing" either. Happy now? ;)