NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A8132
SPONSOR: Rajkumar TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to criminal histo-
ry background checks for the purchase of three-dimensional printers
capable of creating firearms
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Provides that retailers must perform criminal background checks on
purchasers of three-dimensional printers capable of making firearms or
their components.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 adds a new section 398-g to the general business law providing
that any retailer selling three-dimensional printers must background
check such purchasers, and defines "three-dimensional printer" as a
device capable of producing a three-dimensional object from a digital
model.
Section 2 is the effective date.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE)':
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JUSTIFICATION:
Three-dimensionally printed firearms, a type of untraceable ghost gun,
can be built by anyone using an $150 three-dimensional printer. Three-
dimensional printed guns are growing more prevalent each year. There
were 100 taken off the streets of New York City in 2019. That number
skyrocketed to 637 in 2022. Concurrently, ghost gun shootings have
risen 1,000% across the nation. Currently, three-dimensional printers
allow people to make, buy, sell, and use untraceable guns without any
background checks. This bill will require a background check so that
three-dimensional printed firearms do not get in the wrong hands.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None
EFFECTIVE DATE:
