Gun Store Operators Express Security Concerns Over New York’s Ammunition Background Checks

Store owners say New York residents are already going to Pennsylvania to buy ammunition instead of shopping locally.

A handgun on display at the Gun Lady store in downtown Port Jervis, N.Y., on Oct. 10, 2022. Cara Ding/The Epoch Times

The first day under a New York law requiring a background check for ammunition purchases passed quietly for ammunition sellers who spoke to The Epoch Times. But one man said the new system could be a security nightmare.

“In my eyes, it’s an overreach. What’s it going to do to help society as a whole?” Mike Onysko, manager of McLain’s Sporting Goods in Endicott, New York, told The Epoch Times.