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                                   2368
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 16, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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 gun  license  applications
   not containing warnings
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of  section  400.00  of  the
 penal  law, as amended by chapter 212 of the laws of 2022, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (a) Applications shall be made and renewed, in the case of  a  license
 to  carry  or  possess  a  pistol  or  revolver  or  to purchase or take
 possession of a semiautomatic rifle, to the  licensing  officer  in  the
 city  or  county,  as  the  case may be, where the applicant resides, is
 principally employed or has [his or her] A principal place  of  business
 as merchant or storekeeper; and, in the case of a license as gunsmith or
 dealer  in  firearms, to the licensing officer where such place of busi-
 ness is located. Blank applications shall, except in  the  city  of  New
 York,  be  approved as to form by the superintendent of state police. NO
 APPLICATIONS, OR THE LITERATURE  GIVEN  THEREWITH,  SHALL  BE  APPROVED,
 DISTRIBUTED  OR  USED  IN ANY CAPACITY WHICH CONTAIN AN EXPLICIT WRITTEN
 WARNING  REGARDING  OWNERSHIP  OR USE OF A FIREARM. An application shall
 state the full name, date of birth,  residence,  present  occupation  of
 each  person  or individual signing the same, whether or not [he or she]
 SUCH PERSON is a citizen of the United States, whether  or  not  [he  or
 she]  SUCH  PERSON complies with each requirement for eligibility speci-
 fied in subdivision one of this section and such other facts as  may  be
 required  to  show  the good character, competency and integrity of each
 person or individual signing the application. An  application  shall  be
 signed  and verified by the applicant. Each individual signing an appli-
 cation shall submit one photograph of [himself or herself] THEMSELF  and
 a  duplicate for each required copy of the application. Such photographs
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 shall have been taken within thirty days prior to  filing  the  applica-
 tion. In case of a license as gunsmith or dealer in firearms, the photo-
 graphs  submitted  shall be two inches square, and the application shall
 also  state  the previous occupation of each individual signing the same
 and the location of the place of such business, or of the bureau,  agen-
 cy,  subagency, office or branch office for which the license is sought,
 specifying the name of the city, town or village, indicating the  street
 and  number  and  otherwise  giving such apt description as to point out
 reasonably the location thereof. In such case, if  the  applicant  is  a
 firm, partnership or corporation, its name, date and place of formation,
 and  principal place of business shall be stated. For such firm or part-
 nership, the application shall be signed and verified by each individual
 composing or intending to compose the same, and for such corporation, by
 each officer thereof.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.