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 (A)  A  SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE THAT HAS AN ABILITY TO ACCEPT A DETACHABLE
MAGAZINE AND HAS AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS:
  (I) A FOLDING OR TELESCOPING STOCK;
  (II) A PISTOL GRIP THAT PROTRUDES CONSPICUOUSLY BENEATH THE ACTION  OF
THE WEAPON;
  (III) A THUMBHOLE STOCK;
  (IV)  A  SECOND  HANDGRIP OR A PROTRUDING GRIP THAT CAN BE HELD BY THE
NON-TRIGGER HAND;
  (V) A BAYONET MOUNT;
  (VI) A FLASH SUPPRESSOR, MUZZLE BREAK, MUZZLE COMPENSATOR, OR THREADED
BARREL DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE A  FLASH  SUPPRESSOR,  MUZZLE  BREAK,  OR
MUZZLE COMPENSATOR;
  (VII) A GRENADE LAUNCHER; OR

  (B)  A  SEMIAUTOMATIC  SHOTGUN  THAT HAS AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING
CHARACTERISTICS:
  (I) A FOLDING OR TELESCOPING STOCK;
  (II) A THUMBHOLE STOCK;
  (III)  A  SECOND HANDGRIP OR A PROTRUDING GRIP THAT CAN BE HELD BY THE
NON-TRIGGER HAND;
  (IV) A FIXED MAGAZINE CAPACITY IN EXCESS OF SEVEN ROUNDS;
  (V) AN ABILITY TO ACCEPT A DETACHABLE MAGAZINE; OR
  (C) A SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOL THAT HAS AN ABILITY TO ACCEPT A  DETACHABLE
MAGAZINE AND HAS AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS:
  (I) A FOLDING OR TELESCOPING STOCK;
  (II) A THUMBHOLE STOCK;
  (III)  A  SECOND HANDGRIP OR A PROTRUDING GRIP THAT CAN BE HELD BY THE
NON-TRIGGER HAND;
  (IV) CAPACITY TO ACCEPT AN AMMUNITION MAGAZINE THAT  ATTACHES  TO  THE
PISTOL OUTSIDE OF THE PISTOL GRIP;
  (V)  A  THREADED  BARREL CAPABLE OF ACCEPTING A BARREL EXTENDER, FLASH
SUPPRESSOR, FORWARD HANDGRIP, OR SILENCER;
  (VI) A SHROUD THAT IS ATTACHED TO, OR PARTIALLY OR  COMPLETELY  ENCIR-
CLES,  THE  BARREL AND THAT PERMITS THE SHOOTER TO HOLD THE FIREARM WITH
THE NON-TRIGGER HAND WITHOUT BEING BURNED;
  (VII) A MANUFACTURED WEIGHT OF FIFTY OUNCES OR MORE WHEN THE PISTOL IS
UNLOADED; OR
  (VIII) A SEMIAUTOMATIC VERSION  OF  AN  AUTOMATIC  RIFLE,  SHOTGUN  OR
FIREARM;
  (D) A REVOLVING CYLINDER SHOTGUN;
  (E)  A SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE, A SEMIAUTOMATIC SHOTGUN OR A SEMIAUTOMATIC
PISTOL OR WEAPON DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (V) OF PARAGRAPH (E) OF  SUBDI-
VISION  TWENTY-TWO OF SECTION 265.00 OF THIS CHAPTER AS ADDED BY CHAPTER
ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE OF  THE  LAWS  OF  TWO  THOUSAND  AND  OTHERWISE
LAWFULLY  POSSESSED PURSUANT TO SUCH CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND
PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER FOURTEENTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR;
  (F) A SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE, A SEMIAUTOMATIC SHOTGUN OR A  SEMIAUTOMATIC
PISTOL  OR  WEAPON DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (A), (B) OR (C) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
SION, POSSESSED PRIOR TO THE DATE OF ENACTMENT OF  THE  CHAPTER  OF  THE
LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN WHICH ADDED THIS PARAGRAPH;
  (G) PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH TERM DOES NOT INCLUDE:
  (I)  ANY  RIFLE,  SHOTGUN  OR  PISTOL THAT (A) IS MANUALLY OPERATED BY
BOLT, PUMP, LEVER OR SLIDE ACTION; (B)  HAS  BEEN  RENDERED  PERMANENTLY
INOPERABLE;  OR  (C)  IS  AN  ANTIQUE  FIREARM  AS  DEFINED IN 18 U.S.C.
921(A)(16);
  (II) A SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE THAT CANNOT ACCEPT  A  DETACHABLE  MAGAZINE
THAT HOLDS MORE THAN FIVE ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION;
  (III)  A  SEMIAUTOMATIC SHOTGUN THAT CANNOT HOLD MORE THAN FIVE ROUNDS
OF AMMUNITION IN A FIXED OR DETACHABLE MAGAZINE; OR
  (IV) A RIFLE, SHOTGUN OR PISTOL, OR A REPLICA OR A DUPLICATE  THEREOF,
SPECIFIED IN APPENDIX A TO 18 U.S.C. 922 AS SUCH WEAPON WAS MANUFACTURED
ON  OCTOBER  FIRST,  NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY-THREE. THE MERE FACT THAT A
WEAPON IS NOT LISTED IN APPENDIX A SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO  MEAN  THAT
SUCH WEAPON IS AN ASSAULT WEAPON;
  (V) ANY WEAPON VALIDLY REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SIXTEEN-A OF
SECTION  400.00  OF  THIS  CHAPTER. SUCH WEAPONS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (H) OF THIS SUBDIVISION;
  (VI) ANY FIREARM, RIFLE, OR SHOTGUN THAT  WAS  MANUFACTURED  AT  LEAST
FIFTY YEARS PRIOR TO THE CURRENT DATE, BUT NOT INCLUDING REPLICAS THERE-

OF  THAT  IS  VALIDLY  REGISTERED  PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION SIXTEEN-A OF
SECTION 400.00 OF THIS CHAPTER;
  (H) ANY WEAPON DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (E) OR (F) OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND
ANY  LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICE THAT WAS LEGALLY POSSESSED
BY AN INDIVIDUAL PRIOR TO THE ENACTMENT OF THE CHAPTER OF  THE  LAWS  OF
TWO  THOUSAND  THIRTEEN WHICH ADDED THIS PARAGRAPH, MAY ONLY BE SOLD TO,
EXCHANGED WITH OR DISPOSED OF TO A PURCHASER AUTHORIZED TO POSSESS  SUCH
WEAPONS OR TO AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY OUTSIDE OF THE STATE PROVIDED THAT
ANY  SUCH  TRANSFER TO AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY OUTSIDE OF THE STATE MUST
BE REPORTED TO THE ENTITY WHEREIN THE WEAPON IS REGISTERED WITHIN SEVEN-
TY-TWO HOURS OF SUCH TRANSFER. AN  INDIVIDUAL  WHO  TRANSFERS  ANY  SUCH
WEAPON  OR  LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION DEVICE TO AN INDIVIDUAL INSIDE NEW
YORK STATE OR WITHOUT COMPLYING WITH THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH
SHALL  BE  GUILTY  OF  A  CLASS A MISDEMEANOR UNLESS SUCH LARGE CAPACITY
AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICE, THE POSSESSION OF WHICH IS  MADE  ILLEGAL  BY
THE  CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN WHICH ADDED THIS PARA-
GRAPH, IS TRANSFERRED WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAP-
TER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN WHICH ADDED THIS PARAGRAPH.
  S 38. Subdivision 23 of section 265.00 of the penal law, as  added  by
chapter 189 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
  23. "Large capacity ammunition feeding device" means a magazine, belt,
drum, feed strip, or similar device, [manufactured after September thir-
teenth,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-four,] that (A) has a capacity of, or
that can be readily restored or  converted  to  accept,  more  than  ten
rounds  of ammunition, OR (B) CONTAINS MORE THAN SEVEN ROUNDS OF AMMUNI-
TION, OR (C) IS OBTAINED AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF  THE
LAWS  OF  TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN WHICH AMENDED THIS SUBDIVISION AND HAS A
CAPACITY OF, OR THAT CAN BE READILY RESTORED  OR  CONVERTED  TO  ACCEPT,
MORE  THAN SEVEN ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION; provided, however, that such term
does not include an attached tubular  device  designed  to  accept,  and
capable  of  operating  only  with,  .22 caliber rimfire ammunition OR A
FEEDING DEVICE THAT IS A CURIO OR RELIC. A  FEEDING  DEVICE  THAT  IS  A
CURIO OR RELIC IS DEFINED AS A DEVICE THAT (I) WAS MANUFACTURED AT LEAST
FIFTY  YEARS  PRIOR  TO  THE CURRENT DATE, (II) IS ONLY CAPABLE OF BEING
USED EXCLUSIVELY IN A FIREARM, RIFLE, OR SHOTGUN THAT  WAS  MANUFACTURED
AT LEAST FIFTY YEARS PRIOR TO THE CURRENT DATE, BUT NOT INCLUDING REPLI-
CAS  THEREOF,  (III) IS POSSESSED BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS NOT PROHIBITED
BY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW FROM POSSESSING A FIREARM AND (IV) IS REGISTERED
WITH THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION  SIXTEEN-A  OF
SECTION  400.00 OF THIS CHAPTER, EXCEPT SUCH FEEDING DEVICES TRANSFERRED
INTO THE STATE MAY BE REGISTERED AT ANY TIME, PROVIDED THEY  ARE  REGIS-
TERED  WITHIN  THIRTY  DAYS  OF THEIR TRANSFER INTO THE STATE.  NOTWITH-
STANDING PARAGRAPH (H) OF SUBDIVISION TWENTY-TWO OF THIS  SECTION,  SUCH
FEEDING  DEVICES MAY BE TRANSFERRED PROVIDED THAT SUCH TRANSFER SHALL BE
SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 400.03 OF  THIS  CHAPTER  INCLUDING
THE CHECK REQUIRED TO BE CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO SUCH SECTION.

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