Bill Text: NY A04994 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that the person be at least fourteen years of age, with no maximum age, for the possession and use of a pistol or revolver at a pistol range.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-15 - enacting clause stricken [A04994 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A04994-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4994
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 14, 2013
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       Introduced  by M. of A. GABRYSZAK, LUPARDO, LAVINE -- Multi-Sponsored by
         -- M. of A. BARCLAY, CORWIN, GIGLIO, HAWLEY, MAGEE --  read  once  and
         referred to the Committee on Codes
       AN  ACT  to  amend the penal law, in relation to exemptions provided for
         possession and use of a pistol or revolver at certain pistol ranges
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraph  7-e  of subdivision a of section 265.20 of the
    2  penal law, as amended by chapter 281 of the laws of 2006, is amended  to
    3  read as follows:
    4    7-e.  Possession  and  use  of  a  pistol or revolver, at an indoor or
    5  outdoor pistol range located in or on premises owned or  occupied  by  a
    6  duly incorporated organization organized for conservation purposes or to
    7  foster proficiency in small arms or at a target pistol shooting competi-
    8  tion under the auspices of or approved by an association or organization
    9  described in paragraph [7-a] SEVEN-A of this subdivision for the purpose
   10  of  loading  and  firing the same by a person at least fourteen years of
   11  age [but under the age  of  twenty-one]  who  has  not  been  previously
   12  convicted of a felony or serious offense, and who does not appear to be,
   13  or  pose  a  threat  to  be,  a danger to himself or to others; provided
   14  however, that such possession shall be of  a  pistol  or  revolver  duly
   15  licensed  to and shall be used under the immediate supervision, guidance
   16  and instruction of, a person specified in paragraph seven of this subdi-
   17  vision.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05637-01-3