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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
A04463Makes it a class B violent felony to fire a gun into a crowded space with the intent to harm or absent the intent to harm when such an act creates a great risk of death to one or more people within the crowded space; establishes the crime of criminal use of weapons; firing into a crowded space.
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↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Creates a new class B violent felony for firing a firearm into a crowded space (defined as 3+ people) with intent to harm or when it creates great risk of death, with a mandatory minimum 20-year sentence, so more restrictions and penalties on firearm use.
A person is guilty of criminal use of weapons; firing into a crowded space when, being eighteen years old or older, with intent to cause physical injury to another person, such person fires a firearm into a crowded space with the intent to harm or absent the intent to harm when such an act creates a great risk of death to one or more people within the crowded space.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates a new specific felony offense under the penal law for firing a firearm into a crowded space (with definitions of crowded space and great risk), classifies it as a class B violent felony, and sets a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years. This adds new restrictions and penalties on the use of firearms in certain circumstances. No provisions address transgender issues, abortion, or immigration enforcement. The bill text does not change background checks, carry rules, weapon accessories, red-flag orders, storage, preemption, or industry liability, so the tag is firearms/other.
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