Assembly Bill A8443

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enacts the New York State Attorney General Firearms Enforcement act

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A8443 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §76, Exec L

2023-A8443 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants the Attorney General the power to investigate, prosecute and seek injunctive relief for the sale of illegal firearms and ammunition.

2023-A8443 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8443
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 29, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting the New  York
   State Attorney General Firearms Enforcement act
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "New York State Attorney General Firearms Enforcement act".
   §  2.  The executive law is amended by adding a new section 76 to read
 as follows:
   § 76. FIREARM ENFORCEMENT.  1.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,  THE
 FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "FIREARM"  HAS  THE  SAME  MEANING  AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN 18
 U.S.C.  921(A)(3), BUT SHALL NOT INCLUDE AN "ANTIQUE  FIREARM"  AS  THAT
 TERM IS DEFINED IN 18 U.S.C. 921(A)(16).
   (B)  "ILLEGAL FIREARM" MEANS ANY FIREARM THAT IS PROHIBITED FROM BEING
 POSSESSED OR SOLD IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO STATE OR  FEDERAL
 LAW.
   (C)  "INDIVIDUAL  SELLER  OF  FIREARMS"  MEANS ANY PERSON WHO SELLS OR
 TRANSFERS A FIREARM TO ANOTHER PERSON WITHOUT BEING A LICENSED  FIREARMS
 DEALER.
   (D)  "RAPID-FIRE  MODIFICATION  DEVICE"  MEANS ANY BUMP STOCK, TRIGGER
 CRANK, BINARY TRIGGER SYSTEM, BURST TRIGGER SYSTEM, OR ANY OTHER  DEVICE
 THAT  IS  DESIGNED  TO  ACCELERATE  THE RATE OF FIRE OF A SEMI-AUTOMATIC
 FIREARM, RIFLE OR SHOTGUN.
   (E) "RETAIL FIREARMS DEALER" MEANS ANY PERSON WHO IS LICENSED TO  SELL
 FIREARMS AT RETAIL.
   2. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL HAVE THE POWER AND DUTY TO:
   (A)  INVESTIGATE  AND  PROSECUTE  ANY INDIVIDUAL SELLER OF FIREARMS OR
 RETAIL FIREARMS DEALER WHO KNOWINGLY SELLS AN ILLEGAL FIREARM OR  RAPID-
 FIRE MODIFICATION DEVICE TO A RESIDENT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR TO AN

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13571-02-3
              

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darrellnurmi
10 months ago

As a free American it is outrageous that NY state lawmakers think that residents are somehow their subjects. The arrogance to think you can control a free person from buying a lawful product in another state is disgusting. Its as if lawmakers wont see that their legislation only hurts the people of this state. Once a right is so regulated as to be meaningless its ceases to be a right, and that's what NYS government has done with the second amendment to the constitution. In response to free Americans taking alternative actions to purchase a legal product NYS government turns and uses a tactic that is authoritarian and dictatorial to its core.

Lcplusmc04
9 months ago

So, as a New York State resident, I wouldn’t be able to buy parts that are illegal in NYS anywhere else in the country… or firearms (even if they are legal in NYS) in other parts of the country… or ammunition in other parts of the country without the seller contacting the NYSP first… so if I’m traveling to a shooting competition and I need to purchase ammunition while I am at the venue to be used in the competition, NYS would somehow find out about this purchase and investigate it- and additionally hold an out of state retailer accountable through the court system for selling me ammunition which never enters NYS because they don’t know NYS Law and didn’t call the NYSP first? What if I spend 180 days a year in NY and 180 days a year in Texas (maintaining residency in both states simultaneously)- you’re telling me that I can’t purchase a firearm and ammunition in Texas and keep it in my home in Texas without calling the NYSP first? This is absolutely asinine.

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