Donald Trump lost his right to possess guns after his hush-money conviction, and now the New York City Police Department is reportedly doing something about it.
A senior police official told CNN on Wednesday that the NYPD is set to annul the former president’s license to carry a firearm.
An investigation by the department’s legal bureau “will likely lead to revocation of his license,” the official said. But Trump could challenge the ruling.
The New York Times also confirmed the department’s intentions.
According to the newspaper, Trump had a concealed carry permit in New York with three registered pistols. He surrendered two of them to the NYPD when he was criminally charged in the New York case in April 2023. The third gun was previously transferred legally to Florida.
Federal and state law in both states dictate that convicted felons cannot possess a firearm, according to the Times.
HuffPost previously reported that Trump, as a person convicted of crimes, could face up to a year in prison for owning or buying firearms, according to the Gun Control Act of 1968.
Trump’s recent conviction for concealing hush-money payments to a porn star before the 2016 election carries a sentence that could be years behind bars, but that is not likely.
Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung was asked about the NYPD’s revocation and offered this instead to NYT: “Biden’s cronies in the Democrat Party are panicked and have chosen to continue to abuse our once great justice system to pursue their number one political opponent and interfere in the coming election.”
Trump, who opposes gun safety reform, has Secret Service protection, so the action would likely not affect him so much.
However, in early 2016, when he already had Secret Service with him as a presidential candidate, he claimed, “I always carry a weapon on me.”