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S1414Senate2019-2020 SessionSame asA763

Ban Undetectable Firearms

Official title

“Establishes certain crimes relating to the criminal possession or manufacture of an undetectable firearm, rifle, or shotgun”

Sponsor Kevin S. ParkerSD-21+5 co-sponsorsAffects Legal
Status
Signed by Governor
Impact
7/10
Significant
Outcome
Signed into law

Bill progress

Signed into law

What's happening

This bill creates new criminal offenses for the manufacture, sale, transport, or possession of undetectable firearms, rifles, or shotguns.

Why it matters

  1. Targets 3D-printed and plastic guns. By defining “undetectable” firearms and major components as those not detectable by standard security equipment (like airport metal detectors), the bill directly addresses the rise of 3D-printed or plastic guns that can evade traditional detection methods, aiming to close gaps in existing laws.

  2. Creates serious legal consequences. The manufacture, sale, or transport of undetectable firearms is classified as a class D violent felony, while possession is a class E felony. This means significant prison time and a permanent criminal record for offenders, signaling a strong deterrent and prioritizing public safety.

  3. Aligns state law with federal standards. The bill references federal law (18 U.S.C. § 922(p)) for detectability, ensuring state enforcement is consistent with federal efforts to keep non-metallic, easily concealable firearms out of circulation.

  4. Expands prosecutorial tools. By adding these new offenses to lists of violent felonies, racketeering predicates, and crimes eligible for electronic surveillance warrants, the bill gives law enforcement and prosecutors more tools to investigate and prosecute organized crime and trafficking involving undetectable firearms.

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Ban Undetectable Firearms

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Kevin S. Parker

Senator · Senate District 21

Chair, Energy And Telecommunications

History

  1. Signed chap.134
  2. Delivered to governor
  3. Returned to senate
  4. Passed assembly
  5. Ordered to third reading rules cal.16
  6. Substituted for A763A
  7. Referred to codes
  8. Delivered to assembly
  9. Passed senateVote 53–5
  10. Amended on third reading 1414a
  11. Ordered to third reading cal.87
  12. Reported and committed to rules
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  1. Referred to codes

Companion bill

The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.

A763Assembly

Ban Undetectable Firearms

Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Thomas Abinanti

Impact 7 · Significant0% to pass

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STATE OF NEW YORK

1414--A Cal. No. 87

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

IN SENATE

January 14, 2019

Introduced by Sens. PARKER, CARLUCCI, COMRIE, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee on Rules -- ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading

AN ACT to amend the penal law and the criminal procedure law, in relation to establishing crimes relating to the criminal possession or manufacture of undetectable firearms, rifles or shotguns

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Section 265.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:

3-a. "Major component of a firearm, rifle or shotgun" means the barrel, the slide or cylinder, the frame, or receiver of the firearm, rifle, or shotgun.

§ 2. The penal law is amended by adding two new sections 265.50 and 265.55 to read as follows: § 265.50 Criminal manufacture, sale, or transport of an undetectable

firearm, rifle or shotgun.

A person is guilty of criminal manufacture, sale, or transport of an undetectable firearm, rifle or shotgun when he or she knowingly manufactures, causes to be manufactured, sells, exchanges, gives, disposes of, transports, ships, or possesses with the intent to sell:

1. any firearm, rifle or shotgun that, after the removal of grips, stocks and magazines, is not detectable by a metal detector calibrated to detect the Security Exemplar, as defined pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 922(p); or

2. any major component of a firearm, rifle or shotgun that, if subject to the types of detection devices commonly used at airports for security screening, does not generate an image that adequately displays the shape of the component.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

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Criminal manufacture, sale, or transport of an undetectable firearm, rifle or shotgun is a class D felony. § 265.55 Criminal possession of an undetectable firearm, rifle or shot-

gun.

A person is guilty of criminal possession of an undetectable firearm, rifle or shotgun when he or she knowingly possesses:

1. any firearm, rifle or shotgun that, after the removal of grips, stocks and magazines, is not detectable by a metal detector calibrated to detect the Security Exemplar, as defined pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 922(p); or

2. any major component of a firearm, rifle or shotgun that, if subject to the types of detection devices commonly used at airports for security screening, does not generate an image that adequately displays the shape of the component.

Criminal possession of an undetectable firearm, rifle or shotgun is a class E felony.

§ 3. The opening paragraph and the opening paragraph of paragraph 1 of subdivision a of section 265.20 of the penal law, the opening paragraph as amended by section 1 of part FF of chapter 57 of the laws of 2013 and the opening paragraph of paragraph 1 as amended by chapter 1041 of the laws of 1974, are amended to read as follows:

Paragraph (h) of subdivision twenty-two of section 265.00 and sections 265.01, 265.01-a, [subdivision one of section] 265.01-b, 265.02, 265.03, 265.04, 265.05, 265.10, 265.11, 265.12, 265.13, 265.15, 265.36, 265.37, 265.50, 265.55 and 270.05 shall not apply to:

Possession of any of the weapons, instruments, appliances or substances specified in sections 265.01, 265.02, 265.03, 265.04, 265.05, 265.50, 265.55 and 270.05 by the following:

§ 4. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 70.02 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 368 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:

(c) Class D violent felony offenses: an attempt to commit any of the class C felonies set forth in paragraph (b); reckless assault of a child as defined in section 120.02, assault in the second degree as defined in section 120.05, menacing a police officer or peace officer as defined in section 120.18, stalking in the first degree, as defined in subdivision one of section 120.60, strangulation in the second degree as defined in section 121.12, rape in the second degree as defined in section 130.30, criminal sexual act in the second degree as defined in section 130.45, sexual abuse in the first degree as defined in section 130.65, course of sexual conduct against a child in the second degree as defined in section 130.80, aggravated sexual abuse in the third degree as defined in section 130.66, facilitating a sex offense with a controlled substance as defined in section 130.90, labor trafficking as defined in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision three of section 135.35, criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree as defined in subdivision five, six, seven, eight, nine or ten of section 265.02, criminal sale of a firearm in the third degree as defined in section 265.11, intimidating a victim or witness in the second degree as defined in section 215.16, soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism in the second degree as defined in section 490.10, and making a terroristic threat as defined in section 490.20, falsely reporting an incident in the first degree as defined in section 240.60, placing a false bomb or hazardous substance in the first degree as defined in section 240.62, placing a false bomb or hazardous substance in a sports stadium or arena, mass transportation facility or enclosed shopping mall as defined in section

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240.63, [and] aggravated unpermitted use of indoor pyrotechnics in the first degree as defined in section 405.18, and criminal manufacture, sale, or transport of an undetectable firearm, rifle or shotgun as defined in section 265.50.

§ 5. The opening paragraph of paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 70.02 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:

Except as provided in subdivision six of section 60.05, the sentence imposed upon a person who stands convicted of the class D violent felony offenses of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree as defined in subdivision five, seven, eight or nine of section 265.02, criminal sale of a firearm in the third degree as defined in section 265.11 [or], the class E violent felonies of attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree as defined in subdivision five, seven, eight or nine of section 265.02, or criminal manufacture, sale, or transport of an undetectable firearm, rifle or shotgun as defined in section 265.50 must be a sentence to a determinate period of imprisonment, or, in the alternative, a definite sentence of imprisonment for a period of no less than one year, except that:

§ 6. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 460.10 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 189 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:

(a) Any of the felonies set forth in this chapter: sections 120.05, 120.10 and 120.11 relating to assault; sections 121.12 and 121.13 relating to strangulation; sections 125.10 to 125.27 relating to homicide; sections 130.25, 130.30 and 130.35 relating to rape; sections 135.20 and 135.25 relating to kidnapping; sections 135.35 and 135.37 relating to labor trafficking; section 135.65 relating to coercion; sections 140.20, 140.25 and 140.30 relating to burglary; sections 145.05, 145.10 and 145.12 relating to criminal mischief; article one hundred fifty relating to arson; sections 155.30, 155.35, 155.40 and 155.42 relating to grand larceny; sections 177.10, 177.15, 177.20 and 177.25 relating to health care fraud; article one hundred sixty relating to robbery; sections 165.45, 165.50, 165.52 and 165.54 relating to criminal possession of stolen property; sections 165.72 and 165.73 relating to trademark counterfeiting; sections 170.10, 170.15, 170.25, 170.30, 170.40, 170.65 and 170.70 relating to forgery; sections 175.10, 175.25, 175.35, 175.40 and 210.40 relating to false statements; sections 176.15, 176.20, 176.25 and 176.30 relating to insurance fraud; sections 178.20 and 178.25 relating to criminal diversion of prescription medications and prescriptions; sections 180.03, 180.08, 180.15, 180.25, 180.40, 180.45, 200.00, 200.03, 200.04, 200.10, 200.11, 200.12, 200.20, 200.22, 200.25, 200.27, 200.56, 215.00, 215.05 and 215.19 relating to bribery; sections 187.10, 187.15, 187.20 and 187.25 relating to residential mortgage fraud, sections 190.40 and 190.42 relating to criminal usury; section 190.65 relating to schemes to defraud; any felony defined in article four hundred ninetysix; sections 205.60 and 205.65 relating to hindering prosecution; sections 210.10, 210.15, and 215.51 relating to perjury and contempt; section 215.40 relating to tampering with physical evidence; sections 220.06, 220.09, 220.16, 220.18, 220.21, 220.31, 220.34, 220.39, 220.41, 220.43, 220.46, 220.55, 220.60, 220.65 and 220.77 relating to controlled substances; sections 225.10 and 225.20 relating to gambling; sections 230.25, 230.30, and 230.32 relating to promoting prostitution; section 230.34 relating to sex trafficking; section 230.34-a relating to sex trafficking of a child; sections 235.06, 235.07, 235.21 and 235.22 relating to obscenity; sections 263.10 and 263.15 relating to promoting

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a sexual performance by a child; sections 265.02, 265.03, 265.04, 265.11, 265.12, 265.13 and the provisions of section 265.10 which constitute a felony relating to firearms and other dangerous weapons; sections 265.14 and 265.16 relating to criminal sale of a firearm; section 265.50 relating to the criminal manufacture, sale or transport of an undetectable firearm, rifle or shotgun; section 275.10, 275.20, 275.30, or 275.40 relating to unauthorized recordings; and sections 470.05, 470.10, 470.15 and 470.20 relating to money laundering; or

§ 7. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 8 of section 700.05 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:

(b) Any of the following felonies: assault in the second degree as defined in section 120.05 of the penal law, assault in the first degree as defined in section 120.10 of the penal law, reckless endangerment in the first degree as defined in section 120.25 of the penal law, promoting a suicide attempt as defined in section 120.30 of the penal law, strangulation in the second degree as defined in section 121.12 of the penal law, strangulation in the first degree as defined in section 121.13 of the penal law, criminally negligent homicide as defined in section 125.10 of the penal law, manslaughter in the second degree as defined in section 125.15 of the penal law, manslaughter in the first degree as defined in section 125.20 of the penal law, murder in the second degree as defined in section 125.25 of the penal law, murder in the first degree as defined in section 125.27 of the penal law, rape in the third degree as defined in section 130.25 of the penal law, rape in the second degree as defined in section 130.30 of the penal law, rape in the first degree as defined in section 130.35 of the penal law, criminal sexual act in the third degree as defined in section 130.40 of the penal law, criminal sexual act in the second degree as defined in section 130.45 of the penal law, criminal sexual act in the first degree as defined in section 130.50 of the penal law, sexual abuse in the first degree as defined in section 130.65 of the penal law, unlawful imprisonment in the first degree as defined in section 135.10 of the penal law, kidnapping in the second degree as defined in section 135.20 of the penal law, kidnapping in the first degree as defined in section 135.25 of the penal law, labor trafficking as defined in section 135.35 of the penal law, aggravated labor trafficking as defined in section 135.37 of the penal law, custodial interference in the first degree as defined in section 135.50 of the penal law, coercion in the first degree as defined in section 135.65 of the penal law, criminal trespass in the first degree as defined in section 140.17 of the penal law, burglary in the third degree as defined in section 140.20 of the penal law, burglary in the second degree as defined in section 140.25 of the penal law, burglary in the first degree as defined in section 140.30 of the penal law, criminal mischief in the third degree as defined in section 145.05 of the penal law, criminal mischief in the second degree as defined in section 145.10 of the penal law, criminal mischief in the first degree as defined in section 145.12 of the penal law, criminal tampering in the first degree as defined in section 145.20 of the penal law, arson in the fourth degree as defined in section 150.05 of the penal law, arson in the third degree as defined in section 150.10 of the penal law, arson in the second degree as defined in section 150.15 of the penal law, arson in the first degree as defined in section 150.20 of the penal law, grand larceny in the fourth degree as defined in section 155.30 of the penal law, grand larceny in the third degree as defined in section 155.35 of the penal law, grand larceny in the second degree as defined in section

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Sponsor's memo

Title of bill

An act to amend the penal law and the criminal proce- dure law, in relation to establishing crimes relating to the criminal possession or manufacture of undetectable firearms, rifles or shotguns

Purpose or general idea of bill

To criminalize the manufacture, sale, transport, and possession of firearms, rifles, shotguns, and the major components of such weapons which cannot be detectable by an X-ray machine, portable pulsed X-ray generator, metal detector or magnetometer when set at a standard cali- bration, or any other machine used to screen or inspect persons and objects for such items.

Summary of specific provisions

Section 1 of the bill amends penal law section 265.00 by adding two new subdivisions to define: "major component of a firearm, rifle, or shot- gun" and "undetectable" firearm, rifle, or shotgun.

Section 2 amends the penal law by adding two new sections, 265.50, Crim- inal manufacture, sale, or transport of an undetectable firearm (a Class D felony offense) and 265.51, Criminal possession of an undetectable firearm (a Class E felony offense).

Sections 3 through 7 make conforming charges to existing laws by amend- ing sections 265.20, 70.02 and 460.10 of the penal law and section 700.05 of the criminal procedure law.

Section 8 is the effective date.

Justification

The advent of a new digital age and recent developments in manufacturing technologies, such as computer numerical control mills, 3-dimensional printers and laser cutting machines, may soon allow for the fabrication of fully operational firearms, rifles and shotguns and their component parts. Currently some commercially available digital technologies can manufacture components using materials which evade detection by tradi- tional machines used at security check points, at airports, courthouses, and similar secure locations. Allowing weapons into such places pose a serious threat to the well-being and safety of all. This legislation would help protect New Yorkers by making it illegal for any person to knowingly possess, manufacture, sell, transport, or possess such weapons in our communities.

Prior legislative history

2018: S5829-referred to codes 2015-16: A381-A referred to codes, same as S7623- A (Klein); 2014: A9963 referred to codes

Fiscal implications

None

Effective date

This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become law.

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