STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3505

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 27, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY, BLANKENBUSH, DiPIETRO, FRIEND, MANKTELOW,
          MORINELLO,  SALKA,  SMULLEN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to gun  license  applications
          not containing warnings

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of  section  400.00  of  the
     2  penal  law,  as  amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    (a) Applications shall be made and renewed, in the case of  a  license
     5  to  carry  or  possess a pistol or revolver, to the licensing officer in
     6  the city or county, as the case may be, where the applicant resides,  is
     7  principally  employed  or  has his or her principal place of business as
     8  merchant or storekeeper; and, in the case of a license  as  gunsmith  or
     9  dealer  in  firearms, to the licensing officer where such place of busi-
    10  ness is located. Blank applications shall, except in  the  city  of  New
    11  York,  be approved as to form by the superintendent of state police.  No
    12  applications, or the literature  given  therewith,  shall  be  approved,
    13  distributed  or  used  in any capacity which contain an explicit written
    14  warning regarding ownership or use of a firearm.  An  application  shall
    15  state  the  full  name,  date of birth, residence, present occupation of
    16  each person or individual signing the same, whether or not he or she  is
    17  a  citizen  of the United States, whether or not he or she complies with
    18  each requirement for eligibility specified in subdivision  one  of  this
    19  section and such other facts as may be required to show the good charac-
    20  ter,  competency  and integrity of each person or individual signing the
    21  application. An application shall be signed and verified by  the  appli-
    22  cant. Each individual signing an application shall submit one photograph
    23  of  himself  or  herself  and  a duplicate for each required copy of the
    24  application. Such photographs shall have been taken within  thirty  days

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02066-01-1

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     1  prior  to  filing  the  application. In case of a license as gunsmith or
     2  dealer in firearms,  the  photographs  submitted  shall  be  two  inches
     3  square,  and the application shall also state the previous occupation of
     4  each  individual  signing the same and the location of the place of such
     5  business, or of the bureau, agency, subagency, office or  branch  office
     6  for  which  the license is sought, specifying the name of the city, town
     7  or village, indicating the street and number and otherwise  giving  such
     8  apt description as to point out reasonably the location thereof. In such
     9  case,  if the applicant is a firm, partnership or corporation, its name,
    10  date and place of formation, and principal place of  business  shall  be
    11  stated.  For  such  firm or partnership, the application shall be signed
    12  and verified by each individual composing or intending  to  compose  the
    13  same, and for such corporation, by each officer thereof.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.