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Any person lawfully in possession of a firearm who SOURCES: New York Consolidated Laws, Articles 265
suffers the loss or theft of said weapon shall report the and 400 of the Penal Law, Article 11 0901, 11-0929
facts and circumstances of the loss or theft to a police and 11-0931 of the Environmental Conservation Code;
department or sheriff ’s office within twenty-four hours of Article 26, Sections 396ee and 396ff; Article 39-B and
the discovery of the loss or theft. Article 39-DD of the General Business Code.
Illegal possession of a loaded firearm is a class C violent
felony, punishable by a minimum mandatory term of
three and a half years and a maximum of fifteen years.
It is unlawful to discharge a firearm so as the load
passes over any part of a public highway.
It is a crime to possess any rifle, shotgun or handgun
in or upon a building or grounds, used for educational
purposes, of any school, college or university. It is lawful,
however, to possess a rifle, shotgun or handgun in or
upon the forestry lands, wherever located, owned and
maintained by the State University of New York College
of environmental science and forestry, without the written
authorization of such educational institution.
It is unlawful to discharge a firearm within five
hundred feet from a dwelling house, farm building or
farm structure actually occupied or used, school building,
school playground, or occupied factory or church.
It is unlawful to willfully discharge any firearm either
in a public place, or in any place where there is any person
to be endangered thereby.
It is a crime to intentionally point or discharge any
CAUTION: Firearm laws are subject to frequent change and court interpretation. This summary is not intended as legal advice or
restatement of law. This summary does not include federal or local laws, ordinances or regulations. For any particular situation, a
licensed local attorney must be consulted for an accurate interpretation. YOU MUST ABIDE WITH ALL LAWS: STATE, FEDERAL
AND LOCAL.
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