Provides that possession of a gravity knife shall constitute criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree only if the defendant has intent to use the same unlawfully against another.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9522
IN ASSEMBLY
March 7, 2012
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Introduced by M. of A. QUART -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to possession of a gravity
knife for purposes of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth
degree
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 265.01 of the penal law,
2 subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 257 of the laws of 2008 and subdivi-
3 sion 2 as amended by chapter 220 of the laws of 1988, are amended to
4 read as follows:
5 (1) He or she possesses any firearm, electronic dart gun, electronic
6 stun gun, [gravity knife,] switchblade knife, pilum ballistic knife,
7 metal knuckle knife, cane sword, billy, blackjack, bludgeon, plastic
8 knuckles, metal knuckles, chuka stick, sand bag, sandclub, wrist-brace
9 type slingshot or slungshot, shirken or "Kung Fu star"; or
10 (2) He or she possesses any dagger, dangerous knife, dirk, razor,
11 stiletto, gravity knife, imitation pistol, or any other dangerous or
12 deadly instrument or weapon with intent to use the same unlawfully
13 against another; or
14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
15 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.
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