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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
A11686Relates to gun buy back programs; requires entities operating such programs to check the serial number of all firearms obtained against the NYSPIN records and to obtain the express permission of the lawful owner of any firearm found to be stolen before the destruction thereof.
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↑Expands gun accessmodel confidence 80%
Requires gun buyback programs to check serial numbers against stolen firearm records, return stolen guns to eligible owners instead of destroying them, and only destroy if the owner is ineligible, so more firearms are returned to lawful owners rather than destroyed.
(i) require that the serial number of every firearm obtained by such gun buyback program is checked against the New York Statewide Police Information Network (NYSPIN) records of stolen firearms and, if it is found that any such firearm is a stolen firearm, that the firearm is not destroyed without the express permission of the lawful owner thereof and that if the lawful owner of the firearm does not give express permission for the firearm to be destroyed, that the firearm is returned to its lawful owner;
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds requirements to gun buyback programs under penal law §400.05 to check for stolen firearms via NYSPIN and return them to eligible lawful owners instead of destroying them. This expands the ability to own firearms by preserving return of lawfully owned (but stolen) guns that would otherwise be destroyed as nuisances. No other listed topics are substantively addressed.
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