What is the legal test for the right to possess and use of a handgun?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from In re Douglas L. B., 44 Misc.3d 241, 983 N.Y.S.2d 772 (N.Y. Cty. Ct. 2014):
It is also important to note that the possession and use of pistols is not a vested right, but a privilege (see, Mahoney v. Lewis, 199 A.D.2d 734, 735, 605 N.Y.S.2d 168 [3rd Dept.1993] ). Good judgment is inherent in the safe exercise of this privilege.
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