STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4651
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 3, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. KEARNS -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes
        AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to possession of pistols and
          revolvers being offered for sale upon the  premises  of  a  dealer  in
          firearms
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 265.20 of the penal law is amended by adding a  new
     2  subdivision f to read as follows:
     3    f.  1.  Except  in  cities not wholly contained within a single county
     4  subdivision one  of  section  265.01  and  subdivision  one  of  section
     5  265.01-b  of  this  article  shall  not  apply  to  the possession of an
     6  unloaded pistol or revolver upon the premises of a  dealer  in  firearms
     7  who  is lawfully engaged in the sale or offering for sale of such pistol
     8  or revolver by a person who is:
     9    (a) twenty-one years of age or older,  and  not  otherwise  prohibited
    10  from possessing a firearm; or
    11    (b)  eighteen  years  of age or older having been honorably discharged
    12  from the United States army, navy, marine  corps,  air  force  or  coast
    13  guard, or from active service in a force of the organized militia of the
    14  state,  as  defined  in section one of the military law, as evinced by a
    15  DD-214 or other similar proof of military service.
    16    2. Possession of an unloaded pistol or revolver shall only be  granted
    17  by a dealer in firearms, or his or her agent, upon presentation of suit-
    18  able  photograph  identification  and proof of age. The dealer or his or
    19  her agent shall maintain custody of such identification and proof of age
    20  while the person, who is not authorized to possess a pistol or  revolver
    21  pursuant  to  subdivision  a  of  this  section,  has  possession of the
    22  unloaded pistol or revolver upon the dealer's premises.
    23    § 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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