Bill Text: NY A03756 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that any person in the business of selling rifles and shotguns shall, before selling or delivering a rifle or shotgun to any other person (other than a dealer or gunsmith) require such other person to produce at least two forms of identification; failure to require such proof shall be a class A misdemeanor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to codes [A03756 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A03756-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3756
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 27, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the  sale  of  rifles  and
         shotguns
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 265.45  to
    2  read as follows:
    3  S 265.45 SALE OR DELIVERY OF RIFLES OR SHOTGUNS.
    4    1.  ANY  PERSON  IN THE BUSINESS OF SELLING RIFLES OR SHOTGUNS IN THIS
    5  STATE, WHETHER OR NOT LICENSED, BEFORE SELLING OR DELIVERING A RIFLE  OR
    6  SHOTGUN  TO ANY OTHER PERSON, OTHER THAN TO OR FROM A DEALER OR GUNSMITH
    7  FOR PURPOSES OF REPAIR OR RESTORATION, SHALL REQUIRE SUCH  OTHER  PERSON
    8  TO  PRODUCE  AT LEAST TWO FORMS OF APPARENTLY VALID PROOF OF IDENTIFICA-
    9  TION WHICH INCLUDE NAME, DATE OF BIRTH AND RESIDENCE, ONE OF WHICH SHALL
   10  INCLUDE A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PERSON PRESENTING SUCH IDENTIFICATION.
   11    2. IN ADDITION, IF ON THE BASIS OF SUCH IDENTIFICATION IT  APPEARS  TO
   12  THE PERSON IN THE BUSINESS OF SELLING RIFLES OR SHOTGUNS THAT SUCH OTHER
   13  PERSON IS A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, THE PERSON IN THE BUSINESS
   14  OF  SELLING  THE  RIFLE  OR  SHOTGUN  SHALL REQUIRE SUCH OTHER PERSON TO
   15  PRODUCE AN APPARENTLY VALID PERMIT FOR THE POSSESSION  AND  PURCHASE  OF
   16  RIFLES  AND  SHOTGUNS  ISSUED  TO  SUCH OTHER PERSON PURSUANT TO SECTION
   17  10-303 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
   18    3. A VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION IS A CLASS  A  MISDE-
   19  MEANOR.
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   21  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.
                                                                  LBD05941-01-1