MATTER OF ACOSTA v. KELLY


45 A.D.3d 276 (2007)

843 N.Y.S.2d 831

In the Matter of GABRIEL ACOSTA, Respondent, v. RAYMOND KELLY, as Designated Firearms Licensing Officer and as New York City Police Commissioner, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided November 1, 2007.


The denial of petitioner's application for a rifle/shotgun permit after revocation of his previous permit was not arbitrary or capricious. Neither the passage of six years nor his recent pursuit of a college education alters the fact that petitioner failed to comply with the rules on handgun licensing by entrusting his weapons to a gun shop in a nonremunerative "sale" rather than surrendering them to the precinct (see Matter of Acosta v Kelly, 7 A...

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