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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
S07258Establishes the class A-I felony of criminal use of a firearm for possessing a deadly weapon or displaying what appears to be or is a rifle, pistol, revolver, shotgun, machine gun or other firearm during the commission of a class A or violent felony; repeals the offenses of criminal use of a firearm in the first and second degrees.
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↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 80%
Creates a new class A-I felony for possessing or displaying a firearm during a class A or violent felony, while repealing the prior first- and second-degree criminal use of a firearm offenses and updating related lists of disqualifying crimes.
A person is guilty of criminal use of a firearm when such person commits a class A felony or a violent felony offense, as defined in subdivision one of section 70.02 of this chapter and such person either: 1. possesses a deadly weapon, if such weapon is a loaded weapon from which a shot, readily capable of producing death or serious physical injury may be discharged; or 2. displays what appears to be or is a pistol, revolver, rifle, shot-gun, machine gun or other firearm. Criminal use of a firearm is a class A-I felony.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates a new, higher-degree felony specifically for using or displaying a firearm during commission of certain other felonies, which adds a new restriction on firearm possession/use in the context of violent crime. It also repeals the prior related offenses and removes them from certain violent-felony lists, but the net change is a new prohibition rather than expansion of firearm rights. No other listed topics are substantively addressed.
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