Well, as I have said it's been a few years since I have purchased a firearm and as Airborne said maybe its Bloomberg doing since he has tried to stop the flow of guns from out of state. I can imagine in-state sellers being extra cautious selling arms to NYC residents since it would probably be even easier suing them. When I did purchase firearms on Long Island I had to remind the shop to fill out the NYC paperwork for me. It's not like they cared one bit that I was a NYC resident. They cared more about making the sale. Again as Airborne suggested I am certain there are scores of people who own hunting guns in the city that never bothered to get the NYC permit. I can't see it being easy for anyone to get caught if they only use them for something like hunting and target shooting outside the city.