assembly Bill A6947

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Amends the definition of disguised gun to include certain guns that are designed and intended to appear to be a toy gun

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Jan 08, 2020 referred to codes
Mar 27, 2019 referred to codes

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A6947 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5261
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§265.00 & 265.10, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5078
2011-2012: A1014
2013-2014: A3485
2015-2016: A3413, S4169
2017-2018: A3606, S4006
2021-2022: A6522, S7152

A6947 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends the definition of a "disguised gun" to include a weapon or device capable of being concealed on a person from which a shot can be discharged through the energy of an explosive which is designed and intended to appear to be a toy gun.

A6947 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6947

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 27, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Codes

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal  law,  in relation to redefining the term
  "disguised gun" to include any rifle, pistol, shotgun  or  machine-gun
  resembling  a  toy  gun and prohibiting the possession, manufacture or
  design thereof

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 20 of section 265.00 of the penal law, as added
by chapter 378 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
  20.  "Disguised  gun"  means  any  weapon  or  device capable of being
concealed on the person from which a shot can be discharged through  the
energy  of  an  explosive  and  is designed and intended to appear to be
EITHER; (A) something other than a gun; OR (B)  A  TOY  GUN  THAT  SHALL
INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT BE LIMITED TO, ANY RIFLE, PISTOL, SHOTGUN OR MACHINE-
GUN DISPLAYING A COLOR FINISH OTHER THAN THE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURE COLOR,
A DECORATIVE PATTERN OR PLASTIC LIKE SURFACE;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT
ANY  RIFLE  OR  SHOTGUN  DISPLAYING A CAMOUFLAGE COLOR FINISH OR PATTERN
THAT IS INTENDED FOR HUNTING, AS DEFINED BY ARTICLE ELEVEN OF THE  ENVI-
RONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  LAW,  SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED A "DISGUISED GUN"
FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION.
  § 2. Section 265.10 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
vision 8 to read as follows:
  8. ANY PERSON, DEALER, FIRM, PARTNERSHIP  OR  CORPORATION  WHO  INTEN-
TIONALLY  DESIGNS  OR TRANSFORMS A RIFLE, PISTOL, SHOTGUN OR MACHINE-GUN
TO RESEMBLE A TOY GUN BY EITHER  ALTERING  OR  CONCEALING  THE  ORIGINAL
COLOR  OR  SURFACE OF THE GUN WITH THE PURPOSE OF SELLING SUCH WEAPON IS
GUILTY OF A CLASS D FELONY.
  § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
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.
                                                           LBD10401-01-9