STATE OF NEW YORK
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10204
IN ASSEMBLY
May 11, 2012
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Introduced by M. of A. LIFTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to exempting students in gun
safety and proficiency courses from certain provisions of law
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision a of section 265.20 of the penal law is amended
2 by adding a new paragraph 12-a to read as follows:
3 12-a. Possession and use of a pistol or revolver, at an indoor or
4 outdoor shooting range, by a registered student of a higher education
5 institution chartered by the state of New York, who is participating in
6 a course in gun safety and proficiency offered by such institution,
7 under the immediate supervision, guidance, and instruction of a person
8 specified in paragraph seven of this subdivision.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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