A bill which would end the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) practice of suspending driver’s licenses for unpaid fines and driver responsibility assessments has past both the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate and is currently awaiting the signature of Governor Cuomo. The…
Tilem & Associates, New York’s premier law firm for gun owners is pleased to announce the creation of a new pre-paid legal program, NY Tac Defense, for New York gun owners which includes legal representation for self-defense cases and red flag (ERPO) cases for enrolled clients. Clients enrolled in the…
There is no doubt that the Corona Virus Pandemic has disrupted every aspect of New York life. This is especially true for New York lawyers practicing in New York Criminal Courts. With New York Courts closed except for essential matters, New York criminal lawyers and their clients find themselves having…
As Second Amendment lawyers in New York you would imagine that we are familiar with idiotic “gun control” laws. Which is why an article in this month’s Ballistic Magazine about the twelve most idiotic gun laws caught my eye. To be sure New York, along with neighboring New Jersey are…
As a New York Second Amendment lawyer I get asked all kinds of questions everyday about where and when people Click the image to follow a Reddit thread which may have periodic updates may carry their lawfully possessed firearm. Most of these questions pertain to New York and Federal Law. …
In October 2019 we published a Blog which posed the question, “Is the NFA dead? In the article we discussed several types of short barreled weapons which had been reviewed by the ATF and other law enforcement agencies and had been found to not be covered by the National Firearms…
As New York gun rights attorneys we are starting to see cases involving New York Extreme Risk Protections Orders (ERPOS) sometimes referred to as Red Flag Laws. New York’s Civil Practice Law and Rules was amended to add a new Article 63-A which gives a Supreme Court Justice, sitting in…
As gun rights lawyers we try to keep the public updated on significant changes to New York gun laws. Several new laws are going into effect in New York and gun owners need to be aware. First, a new gun storage law was passed which makes it a misdemeanor for…
Guns, ammunition and magazines that were suppressed by the Judge New York, Second Amendment attorney and NRA Firearms instructor Peter Tilem scored a major victory in Rockland County Court earlier today, when the Judge holding a suppression hearing ruled that there was no probable cause for the arrest of his…
New York has one of the most draconian and burdensome knife laws in the Country and as we have reported over almost a decade in this blog many innocent people have been caught up in New York’s knife law maze. Last week, however, after several prior attempts at changing the…