STATE OF NEW YORK
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66
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. GALLIVAN, BORRELLO, MATTERA, MURRAY, OBERACKER,
RHOADS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military
Affairs
AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to authorizing the carry-
ing of firearms by military personnel at recruiting centers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The military law is amended by adding a new section 53 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 53. Carrying of firearms at recruiting centers. Notwithstanding any
4 other provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the adjutant
5 general shall authorize members of any force of the organized militia
6 assigned to duty at recruiting centers located in the state to carry
7 service-issue firearms while on duty at a recruiting center.
8 § 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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