L.L. 1991/078
Enactment date: 8/16/1991
Int. No. 601-A
By Council Member Lisa and the Speaker (Council Member Vallone) (By the request of the Mayor); also Council Members Alter, Dryfoos, Eldridge, Fields, Foster, Greitzer, Maloney, McCaffrey, Michels, Williams, Spigner, Robles and Friedlander (Passed under a message of necessity from the Mayor)
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the prohibition of the possession or disposition of assault weapons and civil and criminal penalties and exemptions in connection therewith, disposition of assault weapons by permittees, licensees, heirs and legatees and other provisions relating to restrictions on the disposition and possession of certain ammunition and ammunition feeding device
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Legislative intent. It is hereby declared and found by the council that certain guns, commonly referred to as semiautomatic "assault weapons," are generally recognized as particularly suitable for military and not sporting purposes. The council further finds and declares that ammunition feeding devices which are capable of holding more than five rounds of ammunition and which are capable of being used in assault weapons are particularly suitable for military and not sporting purposes. The council further finds and declares that because assault weapons and such ammunition feeding devices pose a grave threat to law enforcement officers and to the public, it is necessary to impose restrictions on the possession, sale and use of such weapons and ammunition feeding devices. It is not, however, the council's intent to place additional restrictions on the possession, sale or use of rifles and shotguns which are primarily designed and intended for hunting, target practice or other legitimate sports or recreational activities.
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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]
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§ 17. This local law shall take effect 45 days after it shall have become a law, provided, however, that the police commissioner may take any actions necessary for the implementation of this local law prior to its effective date including, but not limited to, the adoption of any necessary rules, provided that such rules shall not take effect prior to the effective date of this local law.