N.Y. won’t release gun law statistics – New York State Police are refusing to release statistical information about the number of new pistol permits in New York or how many assault weapons have been registered under a controversial gun-control law adopted in January. The SAFE Act approved in January forbids the disclosure of gun owners’ names who want to keep the information private andalso doesn’t allow a new gun database created by the law to be released publicly. But the state is citing the law as a reason to not release any numbers about pistol permits or assault weapons in New York.