Int. No. 144-A
By Council Members Sanders Jr., Vallone Jr., Yassky, Felder, Fidler, Foster, Gennaro, Gerson, Jackson, Jennings, Liu, Lopez, Nelson, Quinn, Sears, Stewart, Vann, Weprin, Moskowitz, Gentile, Martinez, Recchia, Reed, Katz, Brewer, Seabrook, Clarke, Perkins and The Public Advocate (Ms. Gotbaum)
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to prohibiting the sale of a rifle or shotgun to anyone under twenty-one years of age and requiring dealers in rifles and shotguns to collect additional information from ammunition purchasers.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision a of section 10-303 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
(1) is under the age of [eighteen] twenty-one; or
§ 2. Subdivision a of section 10-305 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 78 for the year 1991, is amended to read as follows:
a. Minors. Any person under the age of [eighteen] twenty-one years may carry, fire, or use any rifle or shotgun in the actual presence or under the direct supervision of any person who is a holder of a rifle or shotgun permit, or for the purpose of military drill under the auspices of a legally recognized organization and under competent supervision or for the purpose of competition or target practice in and upon a firing range approved by the police commissioner or any other governmental agency authorized to provide such approval, or the national rifle association, which is under competent supervision at the time of such competition or target practice, provided that the rifle or shotgun is otherwise properly registered or exempt from registration by virtue of some other provision of this chapter. This exemption shall not apply to assault weapons.
§ 3. Subdivision e of section 10-306 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 78 for the year 1991, is amended to read as follows:
e. A record shall be [keept] kept by the dealer of each disposition of ammunition or ammunition feeding devices under this section which shall show the type, caliber and quantity of ammunition or ammunition feeding devices disposed of, the name and address of the person receiving same, the caliber, make, model, manufacturer's name and serial number of the rifle or shotgun for which the purchaser is purchasing ammunition, the date and time of the transaction, and the number of the permit and certificate exhibited or description of the proof of exemption exhibited as required by this section. Such information shall be made available to all law enforcement agencies.
§ 4. This local law shall take effect ninety days after its enactment into law.