Bill Text: NY S04006 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the definition of a "disguised gun" to include a weapon or device capable of being concealed on a person from which a shot can be discharged through the energy of an explosive which is designed and intended to appear to be a toy gun.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO CODES [S04006 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S04006-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4006 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 1, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. CROCI, ROBACH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to redefining the term "disguised gun" to include any rifle, pistol, shotgun or machine-gun resembling a toy gun and prohibiting the possession, manufacture or design thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 20 of section 265.00 of the penal law, as added 2 by chapter 378 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows: 3 20. "Disguised gun" means any weapon or device capable of being 4 concealed on the person from which a shot can be discharged through the 5 energy of an explosive and is designed and intended to appear to be 6 either; (a) something other than a gun; or (b) a toy gun that shall 7 include, but not be limited to, any rifle, pistol, shotgun or machine- 8 gun displaying a color finish other than the original manufacture color, 9 a decorative pattern or plastic like surface; provided, however, that 10 any rifle or shotgun displaying a camouflage color finish or pattern 11 that is intended for hunting, as defined by article eleven of the envi- 12 ronmental conservation law, shall not be considered a "disguised gun" 13 for purposes of this section. 14 § 2. Section 265.10 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi- 15 vision 8 to read as follows: 16 8. Any person, dealer, firm, partnership or corporation who inten- 17 tionally designs or transforms a rifle, pistol, shotgun or machine-gun 18 to resemble a toy gun by either altering or concealing the original 19 color or surface of the gun with the purpose of selling such weapon is 20 guilty of a class D felony. 21 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- 22 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00840-01-7