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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
S09629Enacts "Francesco's law" which establishes violations for the failure to safely store rifles, shotguns, and firearms in the presence of a minor or a prohibited person; requires the office of gun violence prevention to collect and analyze statistical and other information and data with respect to injuries or deaths of minors resulting from failure to safely store a firearm, rifle, or shotgun.
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↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Establishes a new class A misdemeanor for storing firearms where a minor or prohibited person is likely to and does gain access, while downgrading the general safe-storage offense from a class A misdemeanor to a violation and repealing the prior first-degree offense, so more enforcement against and,
A person is guilty of failure to safely store rifles, shotguns, and firearms accessible to a minor or a prohibited person when: (a) such person stores or otherwise leaves any rifle, shotgun or firearm in violation of section 265.45 of this article in any location where the owner or custodian of the rifle, shotgun, or firearm knows or has reason to know that a minor or a prohibited person is likely to gain access to such rifle, shotgun or firearm; and (b) a minor or a prohibited person gains access to such rifle, shotgun or firearm.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill substantively addresses only the firearms/storage-minors topic. It creates a new, higher-penalty offense (class A misdemeanor) specifically when unsafe storage allows access by a minor or prohibited person (expanding liability and enforcement), while simultaneously downgrading the general safe-storage violation (from class A misdemeanor to violation) and repealing the prior first-degree offense; the net effect is more restrictions on storage practices to protect minors. The added data-collection and reporting requirement is neutral. No other listed topics are substantively addressed.
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