# Obtaining a pistol permit in erie county
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obtaining-a-pistol-permit-in-erie-county/51791
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [July 19, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obtaining-a-pistol-permit-in-erie-county/51791 "2008-07-19T21:42:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2008, 6:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obtaining-a-pistol-permit-in-erie-county/51791/21 "2008-07-21T06:40:13Z")
So cliffs notes…
Its easier just to move out of new york, then to get a gun permit in new york.
Done and done.
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### Author:  [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2008, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obtaining-a-pistol-permit-in-erie-county/51791/22 "2008-07-21T06:50:21Z")
> [@misteroman$$$](#):
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> No good locked in your safe though if one of those ‘what if’ situations.Side of bed with safety on or not much reason to have one.Buy a shotgun instead.
> [@mechanicalmadness](#):
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> 8 shell hell lol. A shotgun is a much better option for home defense.
QFT.
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### Author:  [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2008, 7:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obtaining-a-pistol-permit-in-erie-county/51791/23 "2008-07-21T07:00:08Z")
> [@misteroman$$$](#):
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> No good locked in your safe though if one of those ‘what if’ situations.Side of bed with safety on or not much reason to have one.Buy a shotgun instead.
That is the first place crooks go to steal your gun. In fact my buddies got stolen from there, and when he reported it the cops said “Let me guess, night stand or top of closet”.
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### Author:  [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2008, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obtaining-a-pistol-permit-in-erie-county/51791/24 "2008-07-21T07:06:45Z")
best to sleep with it under your pillow.
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### Author:  [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2008, 7:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obtaining-a-pistol-permit-in-erie-county/51791/25 "2008-07-21T07:18:00Z")
> [@walter](#):
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> That is the first place crooks go to **steal** your gun.
hard to do with a 90# 4 legged doorbell.
Granted it can still be stolen if no one is home, but that’s not really what the weapon is for anyhow.
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### Author:  [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2008, 7:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obtaining-a-pistol-permit-in-erie-county/51791/26 "2008-07-21T07:23:59Z")
Bird shot filled with rock salt.
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### Author:  [@slipstreamxk1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slipstreamxk1)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2008, 8:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obtaining-a-pistol-permit-in-erie-county/51791/27 "2008-07-21T08:31:39Z")
yea i’ve been thinking of obtaining one myself for sometime but i’ve been putting it off for over a year…
I have the paperwork mostly filled out but when you work and play mostly in other cities its hard to find quality referrences.
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### Author:  [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2008, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obtaining-a-pistol-permit-in-erie-county/51791/28 "2008-07-21T08:38:18Z")
> [@OfficerK](#):
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> Bird shot filled with rock salt.
you do not shoot to wound an intruder… you may as well appear with a aisoft gun and just piss the guy off who may or may not be armed and there to slaughter your family… thats how home owners get killed
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2008, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obtaining-a-pistol-permit-in-erie-county/51791/29 "2008-07-21T08:40:54Z")
Didn’t you just move into Clarence?
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### Author:  [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2008, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obtaining-a-pistol-permit-in-erie-county/51791/30 "2008-07-21T08:42:05Z")
> [@LZ](#):
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> Didn’t you just move into clearance?
me? no lancaster
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### Author:  [@Johnnyv412](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johnnyv412)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2008, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obtaining-a-pistol-permit-in-erie-county/51791/31 "2008-07-21T09:44:49Z")
to just get a hunting/target permit is easy but still a pain. Unrestricted is hard/almost impossible to aquire, unless you can prove you travel with large amounts of money or you have some sort of a dangeious job. I have an unrestricted permit and even being in law enforcement it was still a pita. Just need good references and go to local police station and get you fingerprints taken. Then you will have to take a 47hr course
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### Author:  [@Johnnyv412](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johnnyv412)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2008, 9:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obtaining-a-pistol-permit-in-erie-county/51791/32 "2008-07-21T09:46:41Z")
> [@Viper966](#):
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> you do not shoot to wound an intruder… you may as well appear with a aisoft gun and just piss the guy off who may or may not be armed and there to slaughter your family… thats how home owners get killed
You always shoot to kill, lol. This is a common misconception that it seems many dont understand. You shoot to kill, that usually avoids anyone else getting hurt and all possible law suits.
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### Author:  [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obtaining-a-pistol-permit-in-erie-county/51791/33 "2008-07-21T16:55:42Z")
Its a PITA… i already gave up on it. Illegal guns are way more protective anyway.
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### Author:  [@Anonymity](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Anonymity)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obtaining-a-pistol-permit-in-erie-county/51791/34 "2008-07-21T17:09:57Z")
i wouldnt get a pistol, maybe rifle, shot gun, b/c chance are you will be trying to hit a moving target and from behind.
wait, wait, you become a home owner and now you want to protect something? well duke, chance are if the moment comes you will not pull the trigger. if you want to protect ur self and your assets learn self defence 1st. (hand to hand) b/c guns kill people
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### Author:  [@dreid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dreid)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2008, 5:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obtaining-a-pistol-permit-in-erie-county/51791/35 "2008-07-21T17:13:52Z")
you wanna go to the class together?? I paid like 2 months ago but havent went. I do plan to buy a shotgun in the mean time
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### Author:  [@n20junkie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n20junkie)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obtaining-a-pistol-permit-in-erie-county/51791/36 "2008-07-21T17:46:54Z")
I was in the middle of my application, but had to stop it because I had to deploy. And even though your military, you get nothing in the way of help. So its just rifles for another year I guess.
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### Author:  [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obtaining-a-pistol-permit-in-erie-county/51791/37 "2008-07-21T18:25:26Z")
> [@Anonymity](#):
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> i wouldnt get a pistol, maybe rifle, shot gun, b/c chance are you will be trying to hit a moving target and from behind.
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> wait, wait, you become a home owner and now you want to protect something? well duke, chance are if the moment comes you will not pull the trigger. if you want to protect ur self and your assets learn self defence 1st. (hand to hand) b/c guns kill people
if somebody breaks into my house and starts coming up the stairs at me and or my family. i WILL pull the trigger…
hand to hand combat is retarded in a situation like that… you dont know if the other guy has a guy/knife etc…
you want me to go charging/yelling down a hall/down stairs at an intruder with a guy who possibly came into my house specifically to kill me/my family… (a stretch, but home invasions do happen)
i hope to god i never have to fire my gun at somebody but if i do
3 shots center mass… figure everything out afterwards
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2008, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obtaining-a-pistol-permit-in-erie-county/51791/38 "2008-07-21T18:27:20Z")
:lol: @ 3 shots center mass…
Have you seen all the videos of cops shooting at suspects and hitting air?
Yet your going to wake up out of a dead sleep…load and fire some gun in the dark…and hit someone 3 times…
:tup:
Has Lancaster ever had a violent home invasion?
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### Author:  [@StrokedZ28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/StrokedZ28)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obtaining-a-pistol-permit-in-erie-county/51791/39 "2008-07-21T18:35:14Z")
Just buy a shot gun and put on a pistol grip on it. 😉
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### Author:  [@The\_Russian](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The_Russian)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obtaining-a-pistol-permit-in-erie-county/51791/40 "2008-07-21T18:40:58Z")
> [@LZ](#):
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> :lol: @ 3 shots center mass…
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> Have you seen all the videos of cops shooting at suspects and hitting air?
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> Yet your going to wake up out of a dead sleep…load and fire some gun in the dark…and hit someone 3 times…
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> :tup:
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> Has Lancaster ever had a violent home invasion?
Shotguns spread for a reason.
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