§ 400.00 Licensing and other provisions relating to firearms.\n 1. Eligibility. No license shall be issued or renewed pursuant to this\nsection except by the licensing officer, and then only after\ninvestigation and finding that all statements in a proper application\nfor a license are true. No license shall be issued or renewed except for\nan applicant (a) twenty-one years of age or older, provided, however,\nthat where such applicant has been honorably discharged from the United\nStates army, navy, marine corps, air force or coast guard, or the\nnational guard of the state of New York, no such age restriction shall\napply; (b) of good moral character, which, for the purposes of this\narticle, shall mean having the essential character, temperament and\njudgement necessary to be entrusted with a weapon and to use it only in\na manner that does not endanger oneself or others; (c) who has not been\nconvicted anywhere of a felony or a serious offense or who is not the\nsubject of an outstanding warrant of arrest issued upon the alleged\ncommission of a felony or serious offense; (d) who is not a fugitive\nfrom justice; (e) who is not an unlawful user of or addicted to any\ncontrolled substance as defined in section 21 U.S.C. 802; (f) who being\na noncitizen (i) is not illegally or unlawfully in the United States or\n(ii) has not been admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant\nvisa subject to the exception in 18 U.S.C. 922(y)(2); (g) who has not\nbeen discharged from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions; (h)\nwho, having been a citizen of the United States, has not renounced his\nor her citizenship; (i) who has stated whether he or she has ever\nsuffered any mental illness; (j) who has not been involuntarily\ncommitted to a facility under the jurisdiction of an office of the\ndepartment of mental hygiene pursuant to article nine or fifteen of the\nmental hygiene law, article seven hundred thirty or section 330.20 of\nthe criminal procedure law or substantially similar laws of any other\nstate, section four hundred two or five hundred eight of the correction\nlaw, section 322.2 or 353.4 of the family court act, has not been\ncivilly confined in a secure treatment facility pursuant to article ten\nof the mental hygiene law, or has not been the subject of a report made\npursuant to section 9.46 of the mental hygiene law; (k) who has not had\na license revoked or who is not under a suspension or ineligibility\norder issued pursuant to the provisions of section 530.14 of the\ncriminal procedure law or section eight hundred forty-two-a of the\nfamily court act; (l) in the county of Westchester, who has successfully\ncompleted a firearms safety course and test as evidenced by a\ncertificate of completion issued in his or her name and endorsed and\naffirmed under the penalties of perjury by a duly authorized instructor,\nexcept that: (i) persons who are honorably discharged from the United\nStates army, navy, marine corps or coast guard, or of the national guard\nof the state of New York, and produce evidence of official qualification\nin firearms during the term of service are not required to have\ncompleted those hours of a firearms safety course pertaining to the safe\nuse, carrying, possession, maintenance and storage of a firearm; (ii)\npersons who were licensed to possess a pistol or revolver prior to the\neffective date of this paragraph are not required to have completed a\nfirearms safety course and test, provided, however, persons with a\nlicense issued under paragraph (f) of subdivision two of this section\nprior to the effective date of the laws of two thousand twenty-two which\namended this paragraph shall be required to complete the training\nrequired by subdivision nineteen of this section prior to the\nrecertification of such license; and (iii) persons applying for a\nlicense under paragraph (f) of subdivision two of this section on or\nafter the effective date of the chapter of the laws of two thousand
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