Friday, February 26, 2021 - 1:01 pm
BY ANDY GARDNER
North Country This Week
CANTON – The St. Lawrence County legislature’s Finance Committee passed a bill applauding County Court Judge Greg Storie for removing pistol permit carrying restrictions and allowing cross-registration of handguns outside of a household.
The committee took the vote during their Monday, Feb. 22 meeting. It has to be finalized in front of the full board next week.
Legislator Joe Lightfoot, R-Ogdensburg, introduced the motion, which received bipartisan support.
He said the prior restrictions, imposed by now-retired judge Jerome Richards, “effectively prohibited the holder from carrying a pistol or revolver for the purposes of self protection or any other reason than those things that were listed on the permit.”