Relates to defining firearm; provides that the term firearm shall also include any other weapon that is not otherwise defined containing any component that provides housing or a structure designed to hold or integrate any fire control component that is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by action of explosive.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9456
IN SENATE
May 30, 2022
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Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- 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 defining firearm
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 265.00 of the penal law, as
2 amended by chapter 189 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 3. "Firearm" means (a) any pistol or revolver; or (b) a shotgun having
5 one or more barrels less than eighteen inches in length; or (c) a rifle
6 having one or more barrels less than sixteen inches in length; or (d)
7 any weapon made from a shotgun or rifle whether by alteration, modifica-
8 tion, or otherwise if such weapon as altered, modified, or otherwise has
9 an overall length of less than twenty-six inches; or (e) an assault
10 weapon; or (f) any other weapon that is not otherwise defined in this
11 section containing any component that provides housing or a structure
12 designed to hold or integrate any fire control component that is
13 designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by action
14 of explosive. For the purpose of this subdivision the length of the
15 barrel on a shotgun or rifle shall be determined by measuring the
16 distance between the muzzle and the face of the bolt, breech, or breech-
17 lock when closed and when the shotgun or rifle is cocked; the overall
18 length of a weapon made from a shotgun or rifle is the distance between
19 the extreme ends of the weapon measured along a line parallel to the
20 center line of the bore. Firearm does not include an antique firearm.
21 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
22 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16018-01-2
