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This bill prohibits retail businesses from selling, delivering, or transferring "child operated firearms," which are defined as pistols or revolvers manufactured 12 months or more after the bill's effective date that lack specific childproofing mechanisms designed to prevent an average 5-year-old from operating the firearm. The bill specifies that childproofing devices could include techniques such as increasing trigger resistance to at least a 10-pound pull, modifying the firing mechanism so that a child's small hands cannot operate it, or requiring a complex series of motions to fire the weapon. The superintendent of state police is tasked with establishing minimum standards for these childproofing mechanisms in consultation with gun manufacturers, and any violation of these provisions would be classified as a class A misdemeanor. The overall intent of the bill is to reduce the risk of accidental firearm discharge by children by mandating safety features that make it difficult for young children to operate firearms.

Housing and Urban Affairs

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1358