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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
S09215Relates to certain types of imitation guns, including air rifles, pellet guns, and "B-B" guns.
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Firearmsweapon accessory restrictionsAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 80%
Expands the definition of 'imitation weapon' to explicitly include air rifles, pellet guns, and BB guns (removing their prior exclusion), subjecting them to related sales and manufacturing rules, while grandfathering prior lawful acquisitions.
"Imitation weapon" means any device or object, including an air rifle, pellet gun, or "B-B" gun, made of plastic, wood, metal or any other material which substantially duplicates or can reasonably be perceived to be an actual firearm[deleted: , air rifle, pellet gun, or "B-B" gun]; unless such imitation weapon:
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Firearmsindustry liabilityAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 70%
Expands the definition of 'gun industry member' to include those dealing in imitation weapons and requires them to establish controls to prevent unlawful possession/sale of imitation weapons, while prohibiting conduct that endangers public safety through marketing of imitation weapons.
"Gun industry member" shall mean a person, firm, corporation, company, partnership, society, joint stock company or any other entity or association engaged in the sale, manufacturing, distribution, import- ing or marketing of firearms, ammunition, ammunition magazines, [deleted: and] firearms accessories, and imitation weapons.
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FirearmsotherAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 80%
Raises the minimum age for sale of paint pellet guns and other air guns from 16 to 18 and increases the civil penalty for violations from $500 to $1000.
No person, firm, or corporation shall sell or offer to sell a paint pellet gun or other types of air guns to any person under [deleted: sixteen] eighteen years of age.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends multiple provisions to treat air rifles, pellet guns, and BB guns as imitation weapons subject to stricter rules, raises the sales age and penalty for air guns, and extends gun industry liability and control requirements to imitation weapons.
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