NY gun license applicants will have to share social media accounts for review
Under the law, applicants have to provide local officials with a list of current and former social media accounts from the previous three years.
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Under the law, applicants have to provide local officials with a list of current and former social media accounts from the previous three years.
Some experts are raising questions about how the law will be enforced and how it will address US free speech concerns.
New Yorkers will also have to provide character references and sit for an interview in order to obtain a gun permit.
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state plans to put a regulation in place that would force people seeking to carry concealed handguns to hand over lists of their social media accounts for a review of their “character and conduct.”
Under a new law, those seeking a permit need to show they have the 'character and conduct' to be trusted with a firearm..