Bill Text: NY A04727 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes children 10 years of age or older to load and fire a rifle, shotgun or pistol at a shooting range while under the supervision of a qualified person; increases from 18 to 21 years of age the minimum age of a person who may be designated in writing by the parent or guardian of a child to supervise such child while he or she is shooting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to codes [A04727 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A04727-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4727 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 23, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MAHER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to lowering from 12 years to 10 years the minimum age of a child authorized to engage in supervised loading and firing of rifles, shotguns and pistols, and increasing from 18 years to 21 years the minimum age of the designated supervisor of such a child The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs 7, 7-c and 7-d of subdivision a of section 2 265.20 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 150 of the laws of 2020, 3 are amended to read as follows: 4 7. Possession, at an indoor or outdoor shooting range for the purpose 5 of loading and firing, of a rifle or shotgun, the propelling force of 6 which is gunpowder by a person under sixteen years of age but not under 7 [twelve] ten, under the immediate supervision, guidance and instruction 8 of (a) a duly commissioned officer of the United States army, navy, air 9 force, marine corps or coast guard, or of the national guard of the 10 state of New York; or (b) a duly qualified adult citizen of the United 11 States who has been granted a certificate as an instructor in small arms 12 practice issued by the United States army, navy, air force or marine 13 corps, or by the adjutant general of this state, by the national rifle 14 association of America, a not-for-profit corporation duly organized 15 under the laws of this state, or by a New York state 4-H certified 16 shooting sports instructor; or (c) a parent, guardian, or a person over 17 the age of [eighteen] twenty-one designated in writing by such parent or 18 guardian who shall have a certificate of qualification in responsible 19 hunting, including safety, ethics, and landowner relations-hunter 20 relations, issued or honored by the department of environmental conser- 21 vation; or (d) an agent of the department of environmental conservation EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09178-01-3A. 4727 2 1 appointed to conduct courses in responsible hunting practices pursuant 2 to article eleven of the environmental conservation law. 3 7-c. Possession for the purpose of loading and firing, of a rifle, 4 pistol or shotgun, the propelling force of which may be either air, 5 compressed gas or springs, by a person under sixteen years of age but 6 not under [twelve] ten, under the immediate supervision, guidance and 7 instruction of (a) a duly commissioned officer of the United States 8 army, navy, marine corps or coast guard, or of the national guard of the 9 state of New York; or (b) a duly qualified adult citizen of the United 10 States who has been granted a certificate as an instructor in small arms 11 practice issued by the United States army, navy or marine corps, or by 12 the adjutant general of this state, by the national rifle association of 13 America, a not-for-profit corporation duly organized under the laws of 14 this state, or by a New York state 4-H certified shooting sports 15 instructor; or (c) a parent, guardian, or a person over the age of 16 [eighteen] twenty-one designated in writing by such parent or guardian 17 who shall have a certificate of qualification in responsible hunting, 18 including safety, ethics, and landowner relations-hunter relations, 19 issued or honored by the department of environmental conservation. 20 7-d. Possession, at an indoor or outdoor shooting range for the 21 purpose of loading and firing, of a rifle, pistol or shotgun, the 22 propelling force of which may be either air, compressed gas or springs, 23 by a person under [twelve] ten years of age, under the immediate super- 24 vision, guidance and instruction of (a) a duly commissioned officer of 25 the United States army, navy, marine corps or coast guard, or of the 26 national guard of the state of New York; or (b) a duly qualified adult 27 citizen of the United States who has been granted a certificate as an 28 instructor in small arms practice issued by the United States army, navy 29 or marine corps, or by the adjutant general of this state, by the 30 national rifle association of America, a not-for-profit corporation duly 31 organized under the laws of this state, or by a New York state 4-H 32 certified shooting sports instructor; or (c) a parent, guardian, or a 33 person over the age of [eighteen] twenty-one designated in writing by 34 such parent or guardian who shall have a certificate of qualification in 35 responsible hunting, including safety, ethics, and landowner relations- 36 hunter relations, issued or honored by the department of environmental 37 conservation. 38 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 39 have become a law.
