“MDC bought the handgun legally but broke NY law in this crime.”
As I understand it, it is illegal for anyone to possess an unregistered handgun in the state of NY. One has to get the state’s permission to have one. If you move to NY you have to leave any handguns behind, since you can’t get a handgun ‘permit’ until you are a resident.
Oddly, in most states there are no ‘registrations’ of handguns. Anyone who can legally possess one can have one.
Thank you..., what you wrote was what was written in the article to which I linked.