MATTER OF O'CONNOR v. Scarpino

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The judgments of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

Penal Law § 400.00 is the exclusive statutory mechanism for the licensing of firearms in New York State. Under subdivision (2) (f) of that section, a licensing officer is empowered to issue the so-called "carry license”, which authorizes a licensee to have a pistol or revolver and carry it concealed, "when proper cause exists for the issuance thereof’.

Petitioner Eddy sought a carry license from the Herkimer County licensing officer, stating in her application that she intended to use a pistol…