Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — Nearly 1,000 attended a gun safety class Sunday.
The Firing Pin, a gun shop in Bergen, hosted nearly 1,000 people at an eight-hour firearm safety class at the Kodak Center on West Ridge Road. Many students took the class in pursuit of a New York state pistol permit. Under the 2022 Concealed Carry Improvement Act, signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul, pistol permit applicants are required to attend 18 hours of firearms safety training, as well as submit to a months-long background check.
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"For me, it’s not so much having the firearm as it is learning how to be safe with it," said Chad Streb, of Penfield. "You need to respect people. It’s teaching that your life is changing when you get this permit. I’m proud of the turnout. I learned a lot about pistol safety, I learned that there’s a large presence of people in Rochester that want to be safe and want to do the right thing."
"It’s a myriad of topics," said Brandon Lewis, owner of The Firing Pin "... Gun handling, interacting with law enforcement, what’s going to happen when you use your firearm. Last year, the governor passed a new bill that requires 18 hours of training for people to get their pistol permit, which is a financial burden that a lot of people just cannot swing, so we wanted to bring this permit class as cost-effectively as we could to as many people as we could."
The Firing Pin said it's offering a discount to attendees of Sunday's class so they can complete the remaining 10 hours of the required course. If approved, applicants will not be allowed to carry firearms in sensitive places, under New York state law.
"You need to know your law, number one, out of anything," said Shylisa Cattling, of Rochester. "You should keep it concealed. If you ask for trouble, you’ll get trouble."
A local firearms instructor, John Bartlett of Greece, was also in attendance.
"It’s nice to see that we’re at a point where we have training," he said, "but it’s prohibitively expensive for the average person."
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