Is there a special consideration for business owners? I'm just counting my blessings that I live in a shall issue state..

Sometimes there is, if you can prove you carry large amounts of cash. I am a business owner, but I don't carry large amounts of cash. They would actually want bank records for that case..

Best of luck and keep us updated. You absolutely have a need. You have yourself and a family you NEED to protect. Take them some newspaper clippings of the criminal activity involving an unarmed victim on any given day in New York. Let them know you choose not to be described as the "victim" in one of those reports.

Cut and pasted from here: Note, I don't live in Suffolk County, but the process is the same. http://www.co.suffolk.ny.us/Police/Pistol_ License_ Handbook-020505.pdf
(6) CARRY – Full Carry License, for the purpose of self protection. If you are seeking a SELF
PROTECTION class six (6) license, you will be required to show “proper cause” pursuant to Penal Law
Section 400.00 Sub. 2 (f). “Proper cause” is determined by a review of all relevant information bearing
on your claimed need. You must show that you are exposed to extraordinary personal danger,
documented by proof of recurrent threats to life or safety, requiring authorization to carry a firearm.
These factors are not all inclusive, and the Police Commissioner will consider other proof, including
Suffolk County Police Department records. It should be noted, however, the mere fact that you have
been the victim of a crime or reside or are employed in a “high crime area” does not establish “proper
cause” for the issuance of a self protection license.
If a class six (6) license is approved, the Suffolk County Police Pistol Licensing Bureau may withdraw
that classification at any time if it finds proper cause no longer exists. Proper cause will have to be
demonstrated by you each time the license is renewed. If proper cause is no longer proven, the license
will be changed to a different class.

That is absolutely ridiculous and somebody really needs to challenge the constitutionality of laws like these that make people have to basically PROVE an extraordinary need to exercise a constitutional right!

lol then they have the nerve to call it a "self protection license".

have you thought to contact the NRA-ILA to see if they could help? this seems like the same kind of nonsense that was struck down in the SCOTUS decision on District of Columbia vs Heller.

The Second Amendment Foundation is currently suing Westchester County (my neighboring county). Here's their press release which sums up my area:
http://saf.org/viewpr-new.asp?id=331

If I'm denied, I will likely reach out to them, as well as NRA-ILA, but this isn't news to either organization.

I love the Second amendment foundation!

good people

sure seems like that case will clear the way for you. if nothing else, you could get a copy of the filed lawsuit and attach it to your application.

Not that easy I_O, read on..this was released on 09-08-11. From the lawsuit I was telling you about above:
http://www.factoverfiction.com/article/3596

I wish it worked that way around here Rod, sadly, it does not.

Sad to know folks have to prove a need to exercise their 2nd Amendment Rights... Something wrong here... Best of luck - Hey, move to a Shall issue state...

funny, but not in the "ha ha" kinda way. more like its funny that people thought Obmama would be different as president than he was as a socialist, gun-hating senator.

good luck on your application! is there any limit to how often you can apply if your app is rejected?