unclear NY gun control laws

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i am in new york.. and part of the writing for the law on assault weapon says firearms, receivers, or copies of norinco, mitchell, or poly technologies avtomat kalashnikovs are considered assault weapons by name.. now does that include kalashnikovs built from a romanian, bulgarian, russian, polish, or egyptian kit on an american made receiver such as nodakspud? or would those kit builts on an american receiver be perfectly legal? couldnt they be considered as clones or copies of a norinco for example? or are they merely trying to ban chinese firearms?
 
New law trying to pass will make anything with a detachable mag and one (1) of the evil features an automatic assault weapon

Detachable mag and a pistol grip - Assault weapon
Detachable mag and a bayonet lug - Assault weapon

etc, etc

In order for said assault weapon to be legal you'll need to turn it in, legally destroy it or register it with NYS and pay the fee.



As it stands now those by name are considered assault weapons plus anything with the evil features. So regardless of who made it, if it's got two of the features, it doesn't matter.

11 S 10. Section 265.00 of the penal law is amended by adding three new
12 subdivisions 21, 22 and 23 to read as follows:
13 21. "SEMIAUTOMATIC" MEANS ANY REPEATING RIFLE, SHOTGUN OR PISTOL,
14 REGARDLESS OF BARREL OR OVERALL LENGTH, WHICH UTILIZES A PORTION OF THE
15 ENERGY OF A FIRING CARTRIDGE OR SHELL TO EXTRACT THE FIRED CARTRIDGE
16 CASE OR SPENT SHELL AND CHAMBER THE NEXT ROUND, AND WHICH REQUIRES A
17 SEPARATE PULL OF THE TRIGGER TO FIRE EACH CARTRIDGE OR SHELL.
18 22. "ASSAULT WEAPON" MEANS (A) A SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE THAT HAS AN ABIL-
19 ITY TO ACCEPT A DETACHABLE MAGAZINE AND HAS AT LEAST TWO OF THE FOLLOW-
20 ING CHARACTERISTICS:
21 (I) A FOLDING OR TELESCOPING STOCK;
22 (II) A PISTOL GRIP THAT PROTRUDES CONSPICUOUSLY BENEATH THE ACTION OF
23 THE WEAPON;
24 (III) A BAYONET MOUNT;
25 (IV) A FLASH SUPPRESSOR OR THREADED BARREL DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE A
26 FLASH SUPPRESSOR;
27 (V) A GRENADE LAUNCHER; OR
28 (B) A SEMIAUTOMATIC SHOTGUN THAT HAS AT LEAST TWO OF THE FOLLOWING
29 CHARACTERISTICS:
30 (I) A FOLDING OR TELESCOPING STOCK;
31 (II) A PISTOL GRIP THAT PROTRUDES CONSPICUOUSLY BENEATH THE ACTION OF
32 THE WEAPON;
33 (III) A FIXED MAGAZINE CAPACITY IN EXCESS OF FIVE ROUNDS;
34 (IV) AN ABILITY TO ACCEPT A DETACHABLE MAGAZINE; OR
35 (C) A SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOL THAT HAS AN ABILITY TO ACCEPT A DETACHABLE
36 MAGAZINE AND HAS AT LEAST TWO OF THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS:
37 (I) AN AMMUNITION MAGAZINE THAT ATTACHES TO THE PISTOL OUTSIDE OF THE
38 PISTOL GRIP;
39 (II) A THREADED BARREL CAPABLE OF ACCEPTING A BARREL EXTENDER, FLASH
40 SUPPRESSOR, FORWARD HANDGRIP, OR SILENCER;
41 (III) A SHROUD THAT IS ATTACHED TO, OR PARTIALLY OR COMPLETELY ENCIR-
42 CLES, THE BARREL AND THAT PERMITS THE SHOOTER TO HOLD THE FIREARM WITH
43 THE NONTRIGGER HAND WITHOUT BEING BURNED;
44 (IV) A MANUFACTURED WEIGHT OF FIFTY OUNCES OR MORE WHEN THE PISTOL IS
45 UNLOADED;
46 (V) A SEMIAUTOMATIC VERSION OF AN AUTOMATIC RIFLE, SHOTGUN OR FIREARM;
47 OR
48 (D) ANY OF THE WEAPONS, OR FUNCTIONING FRAMES OR RECEIVERS OF SUCH
49 WEAPONS, OR COPIES OR DUPLICATES OF SUCH WEAPONS, IN ANY CALIBER, KNOWN
50 AS:
51 (I) NORINCO, MITCHELL, AND POLY TECHNOLOGIES AVTOMAT KALASHNIKOVS (ALL
52 MODELS);
53 (II) ACTION ARMS ISRAELI MILITARY INDUSTRIES UZI AND GALIL;
54 (III) BERETTA AR70 (SC-70);
55 (IV) COLT AR-15;
56 (V) FABRIQUE NATIONAL FN/FAL, FN/LAR, AND FNC;

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1 (VI) SWD M-10, M-11, M-11/9, AND M-12;
2 (VII) STEYR AUG;
3 (VIII) INTRATEC TEC-9, TEC-DC9 AND TEC-22; AND
4 (IX) REVOLVING CYLINDER SHOTGUNS, SUCH AS (OR SIMILAR TO) THE STREET
5 SWEEPER AND STRIKER 12;
6 (E) PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH TERM DOES NOT INCLUDE: (I) ANY RIFLE,
7 SHOTGUN OR PISTOL THAT (A) IS MANUALLY OPERATED BY BOLT, PUMP, LEVER OR
8 SLIDE ACTION; (B) HAS BEEN RENDERED PERMANENTLY INOPERABLE; OR (C) IS AN
9 ANTIQUE FIREARM AS DEFINED IN 18 U.S.C. 921(A)(16);
10 (II) A SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE THAT CANNOT ACCEPT A DETACHABLE MAGAZINE
11 THAT HOLDS MORE THAN FIVE ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION;
12 (III) A SEMIAUTOMATIC SHOTGUN THAT CANNOT HOLD MORE THAN FIVE ROUNDS
13 OF AMMUNITION IN A FIXED OR DETACHABLE MAGAZINE;
14 (IV) A RIFLE, SHOTGUN OR PISTOL, OR A REPLICA OR A DUPLICATE THEREOF,
15 SPECIFIED IN APPENDIX A TO SECTION 922 OF 18 U.S.C. AS SUCH WEAPON WAS
16 MANUFACTURED ON OCTOBER FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY-THREE. THE MERE
17 FACT THAT A WEAPON IS NOT LISTED IN APPENDIX A SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO
18 MEAN THAT SUCH WEAPON IS AN ASSAULT WEAPON; OR
19 (V) A SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE, A SEMIAUTOMATIC SHOTGUN OR A SEMIAUTOMATIC
20 PISTOL OR ANY OF THE WEAPONS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (D) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
21 SION LAWFULLY POSSESSED PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER FOURTEENTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED
22 NINETY-FOUR.
23 23. "LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICE" MEANS A MAGAZINE, BELT,
24 DRUM, FEED STRIP, OR SIMILAR DEVICE, MANUFACTURED AFTER SEPTEMBER THIR-
25 TEENTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR, THAT HAS A CAPACITY OF, OR THAT
26 CAN BE READILY RESTORED OR CONVERTED TO ACCEPT, MORE THAN TEN ROUNDS OF
27 AMMUNITION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH TERM DOES NOT INCLUDE AN
28 ATTACHED TUBULAR DEVICE DESIGNED TO ACCEPT, AND CAPABLE OF OPERATING
29 ONLY WITH, .22 CALIBER RIMFIRE AMMUNITION.


Not a lawyer, don't know 100% of the law so don't take my word as gospel. Hold as much value in my word as how much you paid for it
 
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