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Feb 19, 2009 |
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Senate Bill S2379
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S2379 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยงยง265.00, 265.01 & 265.02, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S2146
2013-2014: S4175
2009-S2379 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2379 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the penal law, in relation to the possession of armor piercing, frangible or devastator ammunition PURPOSE : The subject bill amends section 265.00 of the Penal Law to amend the definition of armor piercing ammunition to include new construction materials, and to prohibit the possession of frangible ammunition and devastator ammunition. JUSTIFICATION : Police and hospital statistics have shown an increase in deaths and injuries resulting from increasingly deadly and horrific types of ammunition. These latest types of ammunition, such as armor piercing, frangible and devastator ammunition, are designed to pierce bullet proof vests or to fragment, explode, detonate, or disintegrate upon impact so as to render survival unlikely. As technology advances to allow the design and manufacture of ammunition made of unique substances and of greater destructive force, we must modernize the penal code to reflect such changes. Currently, less lethal and destructive ammunitions are subject to criminal sanctions while the newer and more deadly types of ammunition are not. By amending existing sanctions to include these new types of
2009-S2379 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2379 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 19, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PADAVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the possession of armor piercing, frangible or devastator ammunition THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 18 of section 265.00 of the penal law, as added by chapter 646 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows: 18. "Armor piercing ammunition" means any ammunition [capable of being used in pistols or revolvers] containing a projectile or projectile core[, or a projectile or projectile core for use in such ammunition, that is] constructed entirely (excluding the presence of traces of other substances) from one or a combination of any of the following: tungsten alloys, steel, iron, brass, bronze, beryllium copper, [or] uranium, CERAMICS, OR POLYMER PLASTICS AND CAPABLE OF BEING USED IN PISTOLS AND REVOLVERS. S 2. Section 265.00 of the penal law is amended by adding two new subdivisions 24 and 25 to read as follows: 24. "FRANGIBLE AMMUNITION" MEANS ANY AMMUNITION WITH A PROJECTILE OR PROJECTILE CORE COMPOSED OF HYBRID MATERIALS, EITHER PRESSED TOGETHER AT HIGH PRESSURE OR GLUED TOGETHER WITH ADHESIVES, WHICH IS CAPABLE OF BEING USED IN PISTOLS OR REVOLVERS AND IS DESIGNED TO FRACTURE OR DISIN- TEGRATE UPON IMPACT. 25. "DEVASTATOR AMMUNITION" MEANS ANY AMMUNITION WITH A PROJECTILE OR PROJECTILE CORE WHICH IS CAPABLE OF BEING USED IN PISTOLS OR REVOLVERS AND DESIGNED TO EXPLODE OR DETONATE UPON IMPACT. S 3. Subdivisions 7 and 8 of section 265.01 of the penal law, subdivi- sion 7 as added by chapter 807 of the laws of 1981 and subdivision 8 as added by chapter 646 of the laws of 1986, are amended to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02287-01-9
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