Posted on 01/15/2013 8:17:18 PM PST by kiryandil
Did the New York state legislature just accidentally make it a crime to merely OWN a firearm?
See page 22 of the posted bill, s2230:
§ 41-a. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 265.01-b to 5 read as follows:
6 § 265.01-b Criminal possession of a firearm.
7 A person is guilty of criminal possession of a firearm when he or she:
8 (1) possesses any firearm or; (2) lawfully possesses a firearm prior to
9 the effective date of the chapter of the laws of two thousand thirteen
10 which added this section subject to the registration requirements of
11 subdivision sixteen-a of section 400.00 of this chapter and knowingly
12 fails to register such firearm pursuant to such subdivision.
13 Criminal possession of a firearm is a class E felony.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Whoops! Yer all felons, NY gun owners!
I seriously doubt it was an accident.
They had to pass it in order to find out what is in it.
They had to pass it in order to find out what is in it.
Sure looks that way to me. Perhaps it was no accident.
Line 11 has the and. Looks like mandatory registration of all guns to me. Glad I live in Arizona...
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LOL!
Dumbasses.
Sure. Accidentally on purpose likely.
What most don’t understand about NY gun laws is: normal rifles and shotguns are not “firearms”.
I kid you not.
“Firearms” in NY are whatever is defined as regulated and restricted or banned, to wit handguns, assault weapons, short barreled rifles/shotguns, and machineguns.
So: no, they didn’t. Welcome to legalese - words don’t mean what you think they do.
Do I smell a court challenge?
Right on, Brother. They did a number on all guns in NY State. They knew what they were doing.
There’s an “and” clause there at the end that I think applies to both A and B. My interpretation is that it makes it illegal to own a firearm AND not register it per the law.
Which is bad enough as it is. Where’s the vaunted inferred Constitutional right to privacy??
How can this even be? Was the 2nd amendment overturned by 2/3rds of the states?
Wouldn’t this automatically be struck down as unconstitutional then? Not that “that little book” matters to the new Gestapo.
Progressive jackasses who hate our constitution never do anything by accident..so now every law abiding gun owner in New York are criminals
Damn.
My condolences, New York. Now, we’ll see a massive exodus of people, I bet.
There is no reason for registration except to prepare for confiscation.
The highlighted text makes the entire law ‘unconstitutional’. Interesting to see how this plays out.
Good. Incremental steps are bad; bring it on. Maybe the frogs will feel the heat and jump out of the pot.
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