File #: Int 1029-2023    Version: * Name: Consumer warnings regarding rifles, shotguns, and firearms.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
On agenda: 4/27/2023
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to consumer warnings regarding rifles, shotguns, and firearms
Sponsors: Marjorie Velázquez, Erik D. Bottcher, Farah N. Louis, Kevin C. Riley
Council Member Sponsors: 4
Summary: This bill would require dealers in firearms and dealers in rifles and shotguns to display a warning sign where the rifles, shotguns, or firearms are displayed or where they are transferred to the purchaser. The warning sign would include the following message: “A firearm in the home significantly increases the risk of suicide, homicide, death during domestic disputes, and unintentional deaths to children, household members and others. If you or a loved one is experiencing distress or depression, call the Mobile Crisis Team at 1-888-NYC WELL (1-888-692-9355) or the National Suicide Hotline at 988.” Failure to display the sign would be a violation punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1029, 2. Int. No. 1029, 3. April 27, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 4-27-23, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - April 27, 2023
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
12/31/2023*Marjorie Velázquez City Council Filed (End of Session)  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/27/2023*Marjorie Velázquez City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/27/2023*Marjorie Velázquez City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 1029

 

By Council Members Velázquez, Bottcher, Louis and Riley

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to consumer warnings regarding rifles, shotguns, and firearms

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 3 of title 10 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 10-317 to read as follows:

§ 10-317 Consumer warnings regarding weapons and firearms. a. Every dealer in firearms and dealer in rifles and shotguns shall, in the place where rifles, shotguns, or firearms are displayed or where rifles, shotguns, or firearms are transferred to a purchaser, conspicuously post a notice stating: “A firearm in the home significantly increases the risk of suicide, homicide, death during domestic disputes, and unintentional deaths to children, household members, and others. If you or a loved one is experiencing distress or depression, call the Mobile Crisis Team at 1-888-NYC-WELL (1-888-692-9355) or the National Suicide Hotline at 988.” Such signs must be unobstructed in their entirety. Such signs must be at least 8 inches by 11 inches and printed in no less than 36-point font.

b. Any person who violates subdivision a of this section shall be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 60 days after it becomes law.

 

 

 

 

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LS #9682 & 9689

11/16/22