Sale of Child Operated Firearms
To date, there have been five proposed bills introduced in the New York legislature having to do with age restrictions for firearms. One of those is especially bad!
New York State Senate bill S1358 was introduced by four Democrat Senators in January and referred to the Codes Committee. It’s summarized as “Sale of child operated firearms.”
Does that bill refer to selling firearms meant only for children? (That would not be a problem since no one manufactures firearms for children.)
Nope. Under that harmless sounding name lies a more sinister purpose.
If passed, one year after being passed, in New York State, you will not be able to buy a newly manufactured firearm that has not been “childproofed” against a 5 year old. Basically, firearms that are widely available almost everywhere else in the United States would be illegal to sell in NYS.
The bill actually says:
“No person, firm, limited liability company or corporation engaged in the retail business of selling rifles, shotguns or firearms shall sell, deliver or transfer any child operated firearm to another person.”
What is a child operated firearm?
"Child operated firearm means a pistol or revolver manufactured twelve months or more after the effective date of this section which does not contain a childproofing device or mechanism incorporated into the design of such pistol or revolver to effectively preclude an average five years old child from operating the pistol or revolver.”
How does one child proof a firearm to comply with this law?
“Such devices or mechanisms shall include, but not be limited to:
The way the bill is written, a firearm must have all three of the above, not just any one of the three.
Does this technology even exist? (Remember, the lack of an effective technology did not stop multiple states from requiring “micro-stamping.”)
Would it make the firearm almost unusable by an adult?
What’s the penalty for selling, a non-child proofed firearm?
“Any person, firm or corporation who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.”
The bill only addresses selling these guns. Could one buy a non-child proofed firearm in another state?
Answer: the gun grabbers in New York would certainly try to stop this with a future bill! The already tried this in another case.
On February 9th, SCOPE sent an email** explaining proposed bill A00929 which would violate the “Interstate Commerce” clause of the United States Constitution in order to allow NY Attorney General to prosecute New Yorkers and gun sellers who buy guns or ammo in another state without “without contacting the New York state police for authorization.”
Has lack of technology or violation of the United States Constitution ever stopped Kathy Hochul and the New York Legislature?
You might consider dropping your state Senator or Assembly-person a line and tell them how much you dislike this bill.
** S.C.O.P.E. Shooters Committee On Political Education - Assembly Bill A00929
