MATTER OF CARUSO v. WARD

Appellants have failed to show that the challenged policy is either arbitrary or capricious. The fact that, in the past, there was no limit on the number of guns which retired officers were permitted to carry does not bar respondents from now changing that policy. Issuance of a handgun license is not a right, but a privilege subject to reasonable regulation (Matter of Parker v Nastasi, 97 A.D.2d 547 [2d Dept 1983], affd 62 N.Y.2d 714). The new policy, intended to control the number and identity of handguns which are carried on the streets of New York City, is a rational means of achieving this legitimate end.

Concur — Kupferman, J.P., Milonas, Asch, Kassal and Smith, JJ.