As a side note to the gun part, NYS passed what amounted to the Federal law in effect at the time ( which has now expired). The Governor was made fun of in the papers saying it banned no guns that the federal law did not already ban, but as true as this was at the time, the federal law had a time limit and the state law did not. You can own, buy and sell the restrcited guns that predate 1993, just like the old federal law allowed. The current issue is now that they are back on the market in non restrictive states, NY LEOs tend to not clearly understand the grandfathered exception which resides in the state law under the definition of the wepaons and clips.