Legislation
SECTION 139-D
Storage and display of firearms, ammunition and explosives
General Municipal (GMU) CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 6
§ 139-d. Storage and display of firearms, ammunition and explosives.
1. Any municipal corporation may by local law or ordinance regulate the
storage, possession and display of firearms, ammunition or explosives.
Such regulations may provide for:
(a) the establishment and enforcement of standards of design,
construction and maintenance of buildings and structures in which
firearms, ammunition or explosives are stored;
(b) the establishment and enforcement of standards of security for the
storage of such firearms, ammunition or explosives;
(c) the location of such buildings and structures;
(d) the quantity of firearms, ammunition or explosives which may be
stored in such buildings and structures;
(e) the manner of such storage; and
(f) the times and circumstances under which such firearms, ammunition
or explosives may be displayed to public view.
2. The regulations provided for herein shall not apply to the personal
possession, use or ownership of firearms or ammunition therefor.
3. The exercise of the power granted in this section by a county shall
relate only to the area thereof outside any city, or village; the
exercise of such power by a town shall relate only to the area thereof
outside the village or villages therein.
1. Any municipal corporation may by local law or ordinance regulate the
storage, possession and display of firearms, ammunition or explosives.
Such regulations may provide for:
(a) the establishment and enforcement of standards of design,
construction and maintenance of buildings and structures in which
firearms, ammunition or explosives are stored;
(b) the establishment and enforcement of standards of security for the
storage of such firearms, ammunition or explosives;
(c) the location of such buildings and structures;
(d) the quantity of firearms, ammunition or explosives which may be
stored in such buildings and structures;
(e) the manner of such storage; and
(f) the times and circumstances under which such firearms, ammunition
or explosives may be displayed to public view.
2. The regulations provided for herein shall not apply to the personal
possession, use or ownership of firearms or ammunition therefor.
3. The exercise of the power granted in this section by a county shall
relate only to the area thereof outside any city, or village; the
exercise of such power by a town shall relate only to the area thereof
outside the village or villages therein.