New York A 8853: Relates to prohibiting the possession of certain 50 caliber firearms

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A08853 Summary:

BILL NOA08853 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04277

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SPONSORBores

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COSPNSRSimon

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§265.00, 400.00, 265.02, 265.10 & 265.20, Pen L; add §236, Exec L

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Relates to prohibiting the possession of certain 50 caliber firearms; directs the division of state police to embark on a program whereby persons currently in lawful possession of such weapons may be reimbursed for the fair market value thereof upon turning in such weapons to a designated officer.

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BILL NOA08853 

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06/09/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8853

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 June 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BORES -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the penal law and the executive law, in relation to
 banning 50 caliber weapons

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Legislative findings and declaration. The legislature here-
 2 by finds and declares that 50 caliber or larger weapons having the
 3 capacity for rapidly discharging ammunition have no acceptable purpose.
 4 The legislature additionally finds and declares that such weapons pose
 5 such an imminent threat and danger to the safety and security of the
 6 people of this state that it is necessary to ban the possession and use
 7 of such weapons.
 8 § 2. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "50
 9 Caliber Threat Reduction Act".
 10 § 3. Section 265.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
 11 vision 37 to read as follows:
 12 37. "50 caliber weapon" means:
 13 (a) any rifle capable of firing a center-fire cartridge:
 14 (i) of a caliber of 50 or greater, which shall include any metric
 15 equivalent of 50 caliber or greater; or
 16 (ii) that is capable of firing a projectile that attains a muzzle
 17 energy of twelve thousand foot-pounds or greater in any combination of
 18 bullet, propellant, case, or primer; or
 19 (iii) any copy or duplicate of any such weapon that is capable of
 20 firing a projectile that attains a muzzle energy of twelve thousand
 21 foot-pounds or greater regardless of caliber;
 22 (b) any rifle capable of firing a center-fire cartridge defined in
 23 paragraph (a) of this subdivision, possessed prior to the effective date
 24 of this subdivision;
 25 (c) provided, however, that such term does not include:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08137-01-5

 A. 8853 2

 1 (i) any weapon capable of firing a center-fire cartridge that has been
 2 rendered permanently inoperable;
 3 (ii) any weapon capable of firing a center-fire cartridge that is an
 4 antique firearm as defined in clause sixteen of paragraph (a) of section
 5 nine hundred twenty-one of title eighteen of the United States code;
 6 (iii) any weapon validly registered pursuant to subdivision twenty-one
 7 of section 400.00 of this chapter. Such weapons shall be subject to the
 8 provisions of paragraph (d) of this subdivision;
 9 (iv) any weapon that was manufactured at least fifty years prior to
 10 the current date, but not including replicas thereof, that is validly
 11 registered pursuant to subdivision twenty-one of section 400.00 of this
 12 chapter;
 13 (v) any muzzle-loading rifle or shotgun with a rifled bore.
 14 (d) Any weapon defined in paragraph (b) of this subdivision may only
 15 be sold to, exchanged with or disposed of to a purchaser authorized to
 16 possess such weapons or to an individual or entity outside of the state
 17 provided that any such transfer to an individual or entity outside of
 18 the state must be reported to the entity wherein the weapon is regis-
 19 tered within seventy-two hours of such transfer. An individual who
 20 transfers any such weapon to an individual inside New York state or
 21 without complying with the provisions of this paragraph shall be guilty
 22 of a class A misdemeanor unless transferre