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The Laws of New York
Consolidated Laws of New York
CHAPTER 40
Penal
PART 3
Specific Offenses
TITLE P
Offenses Against Public Safety
ARTICLE 265
Firearms and Other Dangerous Weapons
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SECTION 265.19
Aggravated criminal possession of a weapon
Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE P, ARTICLE 265
§ 265.19 Aggravated criminal possession of a weapon.

A person is guilty of aggravated criminal possession of a weapon when
he or she commits the crime of criminal possession of a weapon in the
second degree as defined in subdivision three of section 265.03 of this
article and also commits any violent felony offense as defined in
subdivision one of section 70.02 of this chapter or a drug trafficking
felony as defined in subdivision twenty-one of section 10.00 of this
chapter arising out of the same criminal transaction.

Aggravated criminal possession of a weapon is a class C felony.