Bill > S09827

This bill makes it a class A misdemeanor, a less serious criminal offense, for anyone to intentionally sell, distribute, or give away three-dimensional printed firearms, or the digital instructions needed to create them, to individuals in New York who are not licensed gunsmiths with a specific federal firearms license. The bill also defines a "three-dimensional printer" as a computer-driven device capable of creating a three-dimensional object from a digital model, and it adds the manufacture, transport, disposition, and defacement of these types of weapons to a list of offenses that can be investigated under eavesdropping warrants, which are court orders allowing law enforcement to intercept communications in certain criminal investigations. This legislation aims to regulate the creation and distribution of firearms made using 3D printing technology, often referred to as "ghost guns" because they lack serial numbers and can be difficult to trace.

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S9827