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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
S01273Prohibits openly carrying a rifle or shotgun; establishes exemptions from such prohibition.
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FirearmscarryAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Prohibits openly carrying a rifle or shotgun in public (with listed exemptions), so less ability to openly carry firearms.
(12) Such person openly carries a rifle or shotgun on or about such person. For the purposes of this subdivision, "openly carries" means to carry a rifle or shotgun in a manner that renders such rifle or shotgun, or any portion thereof, visible to others.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds a new subdivision (12) to Penal Law 265.01 criminalizing open carry of rifles or shotguns (with a definition of 'openly carries'), which restricts the ability to openly carry firearms. It simultaneously adds a long list of exemptions in 265.20(f) that expand open-carry ability for specified persons, locations, and activities (including at home, on private property with permission, hunting, training, and historical uses). This produces mixed effects on the firearms/carry axis; the bill text also contains unrelated ghost-gun and extreme-risk-order provisions that were not tagged.
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