New York assault weapons permits

Dear Mr. Musgrave:

Reference is made to your two (2) requests for records, received at this office on April 30, 2013, pursuant to the requirements of Article 6 of the Public Officers Law (Freedom of Information).

Please be advised that your requests are presently under review. A written response will be sent to you in approximately 20 business days from the date of this correspondence.


Sincerely,

Lieutenant Glenn R. Miner
Records Access Officer
Central Records Bureau

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Please be advised that there is currently a high volume of requests which are addressed in the order in which they are received. Your request was received on April 30, 2013 and has a tentative due date of June 5, 2013. We apologize for any delay that may occur and will be answering your request as soon as possible. We understand your need for expediency and appreciate your patience.

Sincerely,
FOIL Unit

Please see attached correspondences in reply to your two (2) FOIL requests.

Mr. Musgrave,

Your FOIL request asked for RECORDS listing those persons issued assault weapons permits - We do not have such records (there are no assault weapons permits issued) and answered that we failed to locate such records.

Your follow up email is interrogatory in nature and does not request a record. Additionally, the NY SAFE Act specifically states that the State Police database will be unavailable pursuant to FOIL.

Sincerely,
FOIL Unit


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June 9, 2013
New York State Police
New York State Police
1220 Washington Avenue
Building 22
Albany, NY 12226-2252

This is a follow up to a previous request:

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 30, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

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On May 25, 2013:

Hello,

I have received your response that you have failed to find any records. Please clarify whether there have been any registrations of assault weapons as submitted through the state police website (https://firearms.troopers.ny.gov/safeact/welcome.faces) or via form PPB-11(4/13), available online at http://troopers.ny.gov/Firearms/PPB-11.pdf

Thank you,
Shawn

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On May 24, 2013:

Please see attached correspondences in reply to your two (2) FOIL requests.

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On May 22, 2013:

Please be advised that there is currently a high volume of requests which are addressed in the order in which they are received. Your request was received on April 30, 2013 and has a tentative due date of June 5, 2013. We apologize for any delay that may occur and will be answering your request as soon as possible. We understand your need for expediency and appreciate your patience.

Sincerely,
FOIL Unit

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On May 22, 2013:

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 30, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

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On May 7, 2013:

Dear Mr. Musgrave:

Reference is made to your two (2) requests for records, received at this office on April 30, 2013, pursuant to the requirements of Article 6 of the Public Officers Law (Freedom of Information).

Please be advised that your requests are presently under review. A written response will be sent to you in approximately 20 business days from the date of this correspondence.

Sincerely,

Lieutenant Glenn R. Miner
Records Access Officer
Central Records Bureau

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sensitive and confidential information.

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On April 30, 2013:

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the New York State Freedom of Information Law (1977 N.Y. Laws ch. 933), I hereby request the following records:

Listings of those persons who are issued an assault weapons permit for the past five years. If possible, please send listings segregated by year of permit application/issuance.

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.

In the event that fees cannot be waived, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.