Attacking 2A From All Directions

No one can deny that the leadership of the Democrat Party is thoroughly anti-Second Amendment.  But repealing that amendment is a ‘bridge too far’ so they try to weaken it in various ways.  Nowhere is that truer than in New York State.

The following are groups of laws that are currently proposed in the NY Legislature to weaken or neuter the 2nd Amendment.  The list is divided into various tactical strategies to destroy 2A in order to demonstrate the variety of approaches that gun grabbers are using.  Some laws are repeated with different bill numbers.  (A are Assembly bills and S are Senate bills.)  The most dangerous bills are those proposed in both the Assembly and the Senate.

Please remember that these proposals are in addition to the many anti-2A laws already in force in NYS; for instance, the SAFE Act and the Concealed Carry Improvement Act.

Make owning a firearm more expensive

A01290 / S6395: Tax on the sale of Ammo.  $.02 per cartridge for .22 caliber or less.  $.05 per cartridge for greater that .22 caliber.

A06024 / S01315: Tax on the sale of Ammo.  $.02 per cartridge for .22 caliber or less.  $.05 per cartridge for greater that .22 caliber.

S05813:                        11% Excise Tax on firearms. Components and ammo.

A05611 / S05974:     Requires $1 million in liability insurance

A07186:                        Requires Liability insurance (no amount specified)

A03376:                        Requires Liability insurance (no amount specified)

Use time to discourage firearm possession
Bureaucracy and Increased Expense
Lawfare
Devices

A08853 / S04277:  .50 caliber or greater firearms: possession of new ones prohibited; currently owned ones must be registered.
S01358:                   All pistols or revolvers sold must have 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 it.  (Ten pounds pull; an average five years old child's hands are too small to operate it; and require a series of multiple motions in order to fire the pistol or revolver.

A03233 / S00362: 10 day waiting period from NICS check started

A01210:                    10 day waiting period from NICS check started

A01774 / S00418: Buy only one (1) firearm every 30 days

S04807:                     Buy only one (1) rifle or shotgun every 90 days

A00360 / S03981:Hunting license, 5 hours safety course and exam, live fire instruction and test with 90% accuracy, drug test, mental health evaluation, criminal background check, safe storage container all necessary to buy firearm.

S04790:                    Purchaser of any firearm must submit to a mental health exam.

A04085 / S00658:  To possess a firearm must have a Firearms Safety Certificate (5 hours of classroom and 2 hours of live fire) and pass a written exam.

A09373 / S08608: Add much bureaucracy for selling guns to NY State

A00929:                     NY Attorney General prosecute firearm sales in other states to NY residents without going through NYS Police.

A05711:                      Easier for law officer to apply for ERPO (Red Flag).

A1962B / S3385A:  Class A misdemeanor to not safely store firearms accessible to a minor or a prohibited person when

A08406:                     Applications to seize firearms when the family court not in session.

A00436 / S00744:  Includes pistol converters in the definition of a rapid-fire modification device. (No definition of what a pistol converter is.)

 A03021 / S2158:    Establish and maintain a database of information relating to the sale or use of micro-stamped firearms.

A05105:                     Makes criminal possession of a ghost gun a class C felony

A07810 / S06403:  Civil actions against any person manufacturing, distributing, transporting, or importing into the state, or causing to be distributed, transported, or imported into the state, keep for sale, offer or expose for sale, or give or lend, any assault weapon or ghost gun.

3D printers

A02228 / S03562:  Criminal background check to buy 3D printer capable of printing firearms

A1777A / S0227A:  Sale, distribution or disposal of digital instructions to program  a 3D printer  to  manufacture  or  produce any machine-gun, assault weapon, large capacity ammunition  feeding  device, disguised  gun, ghost gun, unfinished frame or receiver, firearm silencer, magazine, rapid-fire modification device or  major  component  of  a firearm, rifle or shotgun, to a person in New York who is not registered or licensed  as  a  gunsmith with  a Type 7 Federal Firearms License, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. Manufacture of a ‘ghost gun,’ unfinished frame or receiver, firearm silencer, magazine, or major component of a firearm, rifle or shotgun or disguised gun is guilty of a class D felony.

A02060 / S05952: Only registered gunsmiths can manufacture a firearm on a 3D printer and any firearm manufactured by a 3D printer must contain a unique identifying number and to be registered with the state police.

Locations

A01953:                         Restricts the locations of gunsmiths and dealers in firearms in relation to child day care or educational facilities, and places of worship.

A05817 / S06787:  Increases sentences for weapons within 5,000 feet of school grounds.

A07382 / S01382:  Prohibition against concealed firearms in national parks and national wildlife refuges.

A08895 / S01799:  Limits hours of operation, addresses noise pollution and limits operations to one weekend each month for municipal shooting ranges and ranges used by law enforcement.

S01273:                          Prohibits openly carrying a rifle or shotgun.  Exception for hunting, private property and other exceptions

S05292:                          Class A misdemeanor to sell a firearm, rifle, shotgun or ammunition on state property including state and county fairgrounds, and county, city and municipal property.

Limit Persons Accessing Guns

A00346:                       Must be 21 to possess any firearm.  Exception for hunting.

A01764 / S04388:  Prohibits marketing firearms and firearm related products to anyone under 18 years old except where marketing is geared toward hunting.

A01920:                     Prohibits entry to gun shows to anyone under twelve years of age.

S01440:                    Revokes a license to carry, possess, repair and dispose of firearms for a conviction for failure to safely store firearms.

Studies

A1191B / S1455A: Study the viability of personalized firearms.

A02084 / S01289:  Establishes the office of gun violence prevention and the gun violence advisory council.