novaks47
Yeah!
my first response when i read that was "how can they do that?" i started digging. here is the wiki page on the laws by state. i looked under NY and it's not all out illegal. i still don't understand how they can make those laws under the constitution, but they aren't all out illegal.
Gun laws in the United States (by state) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_the_United_States_(by_state)
My bad, I meant NY City, not NY State. Looks like lots of permits just to get one though! But that's the idea, if they can't outright ban them, they whittle away until it's too hard/expensive to get them. Just like CA when it recently tried to ban mail order handgun ammo. Luckily, that one got overturned.