Provides that any person in the business of selling rifles and shotguns shall, before selling or delivering a rifle or shotgun to any other person (other than a dealer or gunsmith) require such other person to produce at least two forms of identification; failure to require such proof shall be a class A misdemeanor.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3756
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 27, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the sale of rifles and
shotguns
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 265.45 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 265.45 Sale or delivery of rifles or shotguns.
4 1. Any person in the business of selling rifles or shotguns in this
5 state, whether or not licensed, before selling or delivering a rifle or
6 shotgun to any other person, other than to or from a dealer or gunsmith
7 for purposes of repair or restoration, shall require such other person
8 to produce at least two forms of apparently valid proof of identifica-
9 tion which include name, date of birth and residence, one of which shall
10 include a photograph of the person presenting such identification.
11 2. In addition, if on the basis of such identification it appears to
12 the person in the business of selling rifles or shotguns that such other
13 person is a resident of the city of New York, the person in the business
14 of selling the rifle or shotgun shall require such other person to
15 produce an apparently valid permit for the possession and purchase of
16 rifles and shotguns issued to such other person pursuant to section
17 10-303 of the administrative code of the city of New York.
18 3. A violation of the provisions of this section is a class A misde-
19 meanor.
20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
21 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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