In New Jersey, you can get a concealed carry permit - ON PAPER.
But forget about getting it in reality. You need a judge’s approval and they only grant them to politicians, politically connected, armed guards on duty, and people who carry large amounts of money or jewels as part of their trade. Mysuspicion is it is the same in New York.
One of the reasons I left the People’s Republic of New Jersey . Moved residency to PA and had a CCW permit issued by the county sheriff in two weeks .
I was watching the 9/11 documentary “102 Minutes” on History Channel and saw something I’d never noticed in viewing it before. There was a very quick film clip sometime after the first tower collapsed, of two guys who were standing in the middle of all the debris, one of them is holding a crate full of what looks like items from his office. The guy holding the camera is saying to him, “You saved us, man. You took your pistol and shot out the window and we got out.” And the guy holding the crate looks like his eyes get watery for a second and then he nods his head and says, “That’s right.”
All you need to know about NYC is that Don Imus has one and you never will.
The same is true in MD.