Tell that to freeper Pharmboy.
I had a pistol carry (actually 2--one semi-auto for 19 years and one revolver for 17 years) through two democrat administrations in NYC and only when Rudy took office did he see fit to make it all but impossible for us law-abiding citizens to continue to hold those permits.
Hundreds of people like me had to give them up when their two-year permit expired--they made it extremely difficult to re-up.