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Most of New York State's gun laws are covered in two sections of New York Penal Law: Article 265 - Firearms and Other Dangerous Weapons, and Article 400 - Licensing and Other Provisions Relating to Firearms. These laws ban handgun possession and provide exemptions, including individuals licensed to carry handguns or to possess them for other ...
NY SAFE Act. The New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act of 2013, commonly known as the NY SAFE Act, is a gun control law in the state of New York. The law was passed by the New York State Legislature and was signed into law by Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo in January 2013. The legislation was written in response to the ...
Yes. S 265.00, S 265.02. Possession of assault weapons is prohibited, except for those legally possessed on January 15, 2013 and registered with the state by January 15, 2014 or classified as an antique assault weapon. New York City, Buffalo, Albany, and Rochester have enacted their own assault weapon bans.
New York lawmakers recently tightened the state’s so-called “red-flag law” to require, rather than just allow, law enforcement to seek a gun-confiscation order if credible information is ...
New York lawmakers will meet in an emergency session on Thursday to loosen the state's gun-licensing laws to conform with a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that established a constitutional ...
The Supreme Court’s so-called Bruen decision, which struck down a New York gun law, was the high court’s first major gun decision in over a decade.
The case was the first major gun-rights case that the Supreme Court had heard in more than a decade, outside of the moot New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. City of New York. [12] It was also the first gun-rights case to be heard by the six-member conservative majority, which included Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and ...
New Yorkers are preparing for a seismic shift in gun rights—any day now—as the Supreme Court is prepared to rule on whether a reason is needed for concealed carry in the state. Right now ...