Heads up to all residents in CCW states. Never let a law get passed which makes simply carrying a weapon without a CCW permit a felony. At most, carrying without the permit with no concurrent offense or no legal disability for possession should only be a minor misdemeanor punishable only by a low dollar amount fine. Anything else and a miscarriage of justice such as the above will occur.
There are already a number of states where it is illegal to carry a firearm without a permit.
Too late for New York. Possession of a concealed firearm in public is a felony. Or do we not count as a CCW state because we’re “may-issue”?