Bill Text: NY S01714 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires sale of rifles and shotguns between unlicensed persons shall be conducted through a federally licensed firearms dealer; makes exceptions; provides penalties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION [S01714 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S01714-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1714
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 5, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen. SCHNEIDERMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
       AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the sale  of  a
         rifle or a shotgun between unlicensed persons and providing penalties
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
    2  396-eee to read as follows:
    3    S 396-EEE. SALE OF CERTAIN WEAPONS BETWEEN UNLICENSED PERSONS. 1.  THE
    4  SALE  OF RIFLES OR SHOTGUNS, AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN SECTION 265.00
    5  OF THE PENAL LAW, BETWEEN  TWO  OR  MORE  UNLICENSED  PERSONS  SHALL  BE
    6  CONDUCTED  THROUGH A FEDERALLY LICENSED FIREARMS DEALER AND SHALL COMPLY
    7  WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS. A PERSON SHALL COMPLETE ANY SALE
    8  OF A RIFLE OR SHOTGUN THROUGH A  PERSON  LICENSED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
    9  400.00  OF  THE PENAL LAW IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION. THE SELLER OF
   10  THE RIFLE OR SHOTGUN SHALL DELIVER THE RIFLE OR SHOTGUN  TO  THE  DEALER
   11  WHO  SHALL  RETAIN POSSESSION OF THAT RIFLE OR SHOTGUN. THE DEALER SHALL
   12  THEN DELIVER THE RIFLE OR SHOTGUN TO THE PURCHASER OF THE RIFLE OR SHOT-
   13  GUN, IF IT IS NOT PROHIBITED BY ANY PROVISION  OF  LAW.  IF  THE  DEALER
   14  CANNOT  LEGALLY  DELIVER  THE  RIFLE  OR SHOTGUN TO THE PURCHASER OF THE
   15  RIFLE OR SHOTGUN, THE DEALER SHALL FORTHWITH, WITHOUT  WAITING  FOR  THE
   16  CONCLUSION OF ANY APPLICABLE WAITING PERIOD, RETURN THE RIFLE OR SHOTGUN
   17  TO  THE  SELLER OF THE RIFLE OR SHOTGUN. THE DEALER SHALL NOT RETURN THE
   18  RIFLE OR SHOTGUN TO THE SELLER OF THE RIFLE OR SHOTGUN  WHEN  TO  DO  SO
   19  WOULD  CONSTITUTE  A  VIOLATION  OF  THE PENAL LAW. IF THE DEALER CANNOT
   20  LEGALLY RETURN THE RIFLE OR SHOTGUN TO THE SELLER OF THE RIFLE OR  SHOT-
   21  GUN, THEN THE DEALER SHALL FORTHWITH DELIVER THE RIFLE OR SHOTGUN TO THE
   22  SHERIFF  OF THE COUNTY OR THE CHIEF OF POLICE OR OTHER HEAD OF A MUNICI-
   23  PAL POLICE DEPARTMENT OF ANY CITY OR CITY  AND  COUNTY  WHO  SHALL  THEN
   24  DISPOSE  OF THE FIREARM IN THE MANNER PROVIDED BY SUCH MUNICIPALITY. THE
   25  FEDERALLY LICENSED FIREARMS DEALER MAY CHARGE  A  TRANSFER  FEE  NOT  TO
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01420-01-9
       S. 1714                             2
    1  EXCEED TEN DOLLARS. THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO THE SALE OF RIFLES OR
    2  SHOTGUNS IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS:
    3    A.  THE  PERSON  SELLING THE RIFLE OR SHOTGUN OR THE PERSON PURCHASING
    4  THE RIFLE OR SHOTGUN IS A LICENSED FIREARMS DEALER PURSUANT  TO  FEDERAL
    5  LAW.
    6    B.  THE  RIFLE  OR  SHOTGUN  BOUGHT  IS AN ANTIQUE RIFLE OR SHOTGUN, A
    7  COLLECTOR'S ITEM, A DEVICE WHICH IS NOT DESIGNED OR REDESIGNED  FOR  USE
    8  AS  A  RIFLE  OR SHOTGUN, A DEVICE WHICH IS DESIGNED SOLELY FOR USE AS A
    9  SIGNALING, PYROTECHNIC, LINE-THROWING, SAFETY OR SIMILAR  DEVICE,  OR  A
   10  RIFLE  OR  SHOTGUN  WHICH  IS UNSERVICEABLE BY REASON OF BEING UNABLE TO
   11  DISCHARGE A SHOT BY MEANS OF AN EXPLOSIVE  AND  IS  INCAPABLE  OF  BEING
   12  READILY RESTORED TO A FIRING CONDITION.
   13    C.  THE  PERSON PURCHASING THE RIFLE OR SHOTGUN IS AUTHORIZED TO DO SO
   14  ON BEHALF OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
   15    D. THE PERSON PURCHASING THE RIFLE OR SHOTGUN FROM THE  SELLER  IS  AN
   16  IMMEDIATE  FAMILY  MEMBER  OF  SUCH  PERSON, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE SPOUSE;
   17  NATURAL AND ADOPTIVE PARENTS, CHILDREN AND SIBLINGS; STEPPARENTS,  STEP-
   18  CHILDREN  AND STEPSIBLINGS; FATHERS-IN-LAW, MOTHERS-IN-LAW, BROTHERS-IN-
   19  LAW, SISTERS-IN-LAW, SONS-IN-LAW AND DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW; AND  GRANDPARENTS
   20  AND GRANDCHILDREN.
   21    2.  AN UNLICENSED PERSON WHO SELLS A SHOTGUN OR RIFLE TO ANOTHER UNLI-
   22  CENSED PERSON, OR AN UNLICENSED PERSON WHO PURCHASES A RIFLE OR  SHOTGUN
   23  FROM  ANOTHER  UNLICENSED PERSON, WITHOUT THE SALE CONDUCTED BY A FEDER-
   24  ALLY LICENSED FIREARMS DEALER, SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS A  MISDEMEANOR
   25  PURSUANT TO SECTION 265.17 OF THE PENAL LAW.
   26    3.  A  PERSON  WHO SELLS A RIFLE OR SHOTGUN TO ANOTHER PERSON, WHO THE
   27  SELLER KNOWS OR  HAS  REASON  TO  KNOW  IS  PROHIBITED  FROM  POSSESSING
   28  FIREARMS, RIFLES OR SHOTGUNS UNDER FEDERAL OR STATE LAW, SHALL BE GUILTY
   29  OF A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR PURSUANT TO SECTION 265.17 OF THE PENAL LAW.
   30    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   31  ing  the  date  on  which  it shall have become a law and shall apply to
   32  firearms sold on or after such date.