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NY S09145
Bill
Status
8/1/2018
Primary Sponsor
Brad Hoylman-Sigal
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AI Summary
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Defines "ghost guns" as firearms manufactured using additive manufacturing or assembled from unfinished frames/receivers, and establishes criminal penalties including class C and D felonies for unauthorized manufacturing, assembly, and possession without proper registration and serial numbering.
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Requires all ghost guns to have detectable major components (3.7 ounces of metal detectable by airport security screening devices) and mandates registration with licensing officers who issue unique serial numbers to be engraved on the weapon.
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Makes it illegal for unlicensed persons to sell, exchange, or dispose of ghost guns except to licensed dealers, peace officers, federal law enforcement, or immediate family members in compliance with all state and federal firearms laws.
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Establishes new crime of "unlawful dissemination of instructions for the assembly of a weapon" as a class D felony for intentionally publishing digital instructions (CAD files or similar code) online capable of programming 3D printers to produce firearms.
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Adds the new dissemination offense to lists of violent felonies for sentencing purposes, designated offenses for wiretapping warrants, and violent/serious crimes definitions in NYC administrative code; effective November 1 following enactment.
Legislative Description
Relates to the manufacture, assembly, possession, license and disposal of ghost guns, the establishment of the offense of unlawful dissemination of instructions for the assembly of a weapon and the sentencing for certain offenses regarding ghost guns; relates to the suspension and revocation of certain licenses or registrations; adds the offense of unlawful dissemination of instructions for the assembly of a weapon to the list of designated offenses for the purpose of obtaining eavesdropping and video surveillance warrants; and includes the offense of unlawful dissemination of instructions for the assembly of a weapon in the definition of violent or serious crime.
Last Action
REFERRED TO RULES
8/1/2018