Clarifies that military members are authorized to possess large capacity feeding devices and other banned weapons when acting in their official military capacity.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5057
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 7, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. BLANKENBUSH, HAWLEY, CROUCH, GIGLIO, BARCLAY,
McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend chapter 1 of the laws of 2013 amending the criminal
procedure law and other laws relating to suspension and revocation of
firearm licenses, in relation to the possession of certain firearms
and equipment by members of the military
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, amending the criminal proce-
2 dure law and other laws relating to suspension and revocation of firearm
3 licenses, is amended by adding a new section 38-a to read as follows:
4 § 38-a. Military service members are authorized to carry their mili-
5 tary issued equipment, including military issued rifles and magazines,
6 including large capacity magazines, during transit within the state in
7 their capacity as military service members.
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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