A group portrait of eight legal professionals from Tilem & Associates standing together in business attire against a reddish-tan wall with gold lettering reading "TILEM & ASSOCIATES". In the top-left corner, logos for "NY TAC" and "DEFENSE" read "New York's Only Pre-Paid Legal Service for Gun Owners."

NY Gun Law Seminar

Gun For Hire’s Exclusive Seminar Series

New York has some of the most complex firearms laws in the country. A valid carry license is no defense in a sensitive location. Private property is closed to carry unless the owner says otherwise. A New York State license is worthless in New York City. And a New Jersey permit stops at the state line.

Whether you’re licensed in New York, licensed in New Jersey, or considering an application in either state, this seminar covers the statutes that put otherwise law-abiding gun owners in handcuffs — and what the law demands of you in the moment you use force to defend yourself.

A group portrait of eight legal professionals from Tilem & Associates standing together in business attire against a reddish-tan wall with gold lettering reading "TILEM & ASSOCIATES". In the top-left corner, logos for "NY TAC" and "DEFENSE" read "New York's Only Pre-Paid Legal Service for Gun Owners."

NY Gun Law Seminar

Gun For Hire’s Exclusive Seminar Series

New York has some of the most complex firearms laws in the country. A valid carry license is no defense in a sensitive location. Private property is closed to carry unless the owner says otherwise. A New York State license is worthless in New York City. And a New Jersey permit stops at the state line.

Whether you’re licensed in New York, licensed in New Jersey, or considering an application in either state, this seminar covers the statutes that put otherwise law-abiding gun owners in handcuffs — and what the law demands of you in the moment you use force to defend yourself.

Course Details

  • Course duration: approximately 3 hours
  • Please arrive 15 minutes early. Late arrivals must reschedule and pay for a new course.
  • This course is held at Gun For Hire, 1267 McBride Ave, Woodland Park, NJ 07424.

  • The lawful use of force under Article 35 — New York’s duty to retreat, the narrow “castle doctrine,” the reasonableness standard courts actually apply, and what happens in the hours after a self-defense incident
  • Sensitive locations — the places where a valid carry license is no defense at all, and the storage gap that catches good-faith licensees
  • Restricted locations — why New York flips the default rule on private property open to the public
  • The license application process — how New York’s post-Bruen requirements work, what sinks applications, recertification and amendment traps, and the narrow paths available to non-residents
  • What’s legal and what isn’t — the SAFE Act’s assault weapon definition, magazine rules, suppressors and short-barreled firearms, ammunition, and body armor
  • Non-firearm weapons — knives, pepper spray, stun guns, and New York’s per se weapons list
  • New York City’s separate rules — a licensing regime, ammunition law, and knife law all its own
  • Crossing the river — what changes in both directions between New York and New Jersey

  • New York and New Jersey gun owners, current permit and license holders, anyone who drives, works, or travels through New York, and anyone considering a New York license.

Please arrive 15 minutes early. If you are late, you must sign up for another available course date and will be charged for a new qualification.

Peter H. Tilem, Esq. is the founder and principal of Tilem & Associates, P.C., a White Plains, New York firm with a statewide firearms and criminal defense practice.

Before entering private practice, Mr. Tilem served as a firearms prosecutor at the New York County District Attorney’s Office, where he tried and supervised gun cases under New York’s weapons statutes. He now spends his career on the other side of those same prosecutions — defending licensed and unlicensed gun owners charged under the Penal Law’s weapons provisions, litigating license denials, suspensions, and revocations, and handling forfeiture and firearms-return matters across New York State.

He advises clients on New York’s Concealed Carry Improvement Act, the SAFE Act, New York City’s separate licensing regime, and the lawful use of force under Article 35 of the New York Penal Law. He is the founder of NY TAC DEFENSE, a legal program built specifically for New York gun owners, and publishes regularly on New York firearms law through the firm’s YouTube channel, blog, and website.

Mr. Tilem is admitted to practice in New York, Connecticut, and before Federal Courts throughout New York and Connecticut, including the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the United States Supreme Court.

January 2027

sun10jan9:00 am12:00 pmSold Out!NY Gun Law Seminar • Sunday, January 10th 9am-12pm9:00 am - 12:00 pm(GMT-05:00) Gun For Hire Headquarters, 1267 McBride Ave., Woodland Park, NJ, 07424

Pricing

$99

Course Cancellation and Rescheduling Policy

Reschedule or Cancel 2 or More Days Before Your Course:
100% refund to the original payment method, or you may transfer into the next available date.

Reschedule or Cancel Less Than 24 Hours Before Your Course:
Receive a 50% credit of your purchase price in your Gun For Hire account, which may be applied toward a future date.
This reduction is due to staffing, scheduling, and course preparation already completed.

No-Show Policy:
If no cancellation is provided, no credit or refund is available.

Rescheduling Policy More Than 24 Hours Before Your Course:
A $25 fee will apply if you need to change your date.
Please choose your date carefully.

Please arrive 15 minutes early.
Late arrivals must sign up for another available date and will be charged for a new session.