S7828-2011 Actions

• Aug 1, 2012: REFERRED TO RULES

S7828-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S7828

TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to limiting the
sale of ammunition

PURPOSE:
Prohibits the sale or purchase of more than 500 rounds of ammunition
during any period of 30 days.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Amends the business law to prohibit a retail firearms
dealer from selling or transferring more than 500 rounds of ammunition
to a single individual during a thirty (30) day period. It also
prohibits an individual from purchasing more than 500 rounds of
ammunition during a thirty (30) day period. These provisions shall not
apply to any shooting range, police office, law enforcement or
corrections agency, members of the armed forces or national guard, or
licensed firearms dealer. This section also creates a recording
requirement whereby the dealer must record certain indentifying
information about the purchaser or transferee and the ammunition
purchased or transferred. It shall be a class A misdemeanor to
violated any provisions of this section.

Section 2. Establishes the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:
There is currently no limit on the quantity of ammunition an
individual may purchase under New York State law. It is understandable
that a law-abiding sportsman or hobbyist might want to purchase
ammunition in bulk quantity in order to save money, but permitting the
sale of 500 rounds at a time should accomplish this goal. However,
individuals looking to purchase ammunition in bulk, particularly those
for whom 500 bullets per month would be insufficient, may be agents of
a criminal enterprise or potential perpetrators of the kind of mass
atrocities like those that took place at Columbine, Virginia Tech, or
Aurora, Colorado. It is important to strike a balance between crime
prevention and the rights of law-abiding individuals and this bill
accomplishes that balance.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the
date on which it shall have become a law.

S7828-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         7828
 I N  SENATE
 August 1, 2012
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation  to  limiting  the
 sale of ammunition
 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new article
 38-B to read as follows:

 ARTICLE 38-B
 SALE OF AMMUNITION
 SECTION 825. SALE OF AMMUNITION; LIMITED.
 

S 825. SALE OF AMMUNITION; LIMITED. 1. NO RETAIL DEALER SHALL SELL  OR
 TRANSFER  MORE  THAN FIVE HUNDRED ROUNDS OF ANY AMMUNITION TO ANY PERSON
 DURING ANY PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS.
 2. NO PERSON SHALL PURCHASE OR RECEIVE MORE THAN FIVE  HUNDRED  ROUNDS
 OF ANY AMMUNITION DURING ANY PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS.
 3.  THE  PROVISIONS  OF SUBDIVISIONS ONE AND TWO OF THIS SECTION SHALL
 NOT APPLY TO ANY SHOOTING  RANGE,  POLICE  OFFICE,  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  OR
 CORRECTIONS  AGENCY, MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES OR
 NATIONAL GUARD, OR LICENSED FIREARMS DEALERS.
 4. UPON EACH SALE OF AMMUNITION BY A RETAIL DEALER, SUCH DEALER  SHALL
 RECORD  THE  NAME,  ADDRESS,  DATE  OF BIRTH AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF THE
 PURCHASER, AND THE QUANTITY, MANUFACTURER, TYPE AND CALIBER OR GAUGE  OF
 THE AMMUNITION PURCHASED.
 5.  ANY  PERSON  WHO  VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE
 GUILTY OF A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD16412-01-2

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