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BILL NUMBER:S1391
Title of bill
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to the manufacture of firearms
Purpose
Provides for a amendment to the general business law that would require any firearm manufactured by a three-dimensional printer to contain a unique identifying number
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Amends the general business law by adding three new sections 899-aaaa, 899-bbbb, and 899-cccc.
Section 899-aaaa requires any person manufacturing firearms, using three-dimensional printers, to inscribe each firearm with a unique identifying number. Additionally requires parties manufacturing such firearms within the city of New York or Nassau and Suffolk counties to register such firearm with the licensing officer.
Section 899-bbbb establishes that no one other than a gunsmith licensed pursuant to section 400.00 of the penal law shall manufacture firearms using three-dimensional printers.
Section 899-cccc requires that any gunsmith manufacturing firearms using three-dimensional printers, shall maintain detailed records of all firearms created and any that are subsequently transferred.
Section 2: Establishes the effective date.
Justification
Digital manufacturing technologies, including computer numerical control mills, 3-dimensional printers and laser cutting machines, are quickly advancing so that they may soon be used to fabricate fully operational firearm components.
In 2013, a blueprint and instructions for the manufacturer of a three-dimensional gun called "The Liberator" was posted online, prompting the U.S. State Department to shut down the site (http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/09/politics/3-d-guns/). Before the site was shut down the instructions were downloaded by at least one million people on several different file-sharing sites and by an unknown number of people on international servers. As a result, there may be private citizens who could gather the necessary materials and manufacture these firearms for personal use. This legislation would protect the safety of New Yorkers by making it illegal for anyone to use three-dimensional printers for the purposes of manufacturing firearms, unless they are appropriately licensed as a gunsmith. As an additional measure, this bill would also require that any firearms that are manufactured using the technology be inscribed with unique identifying number.
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Effective date
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law.
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