NY lawmakers pass gun-storage requirement
The storage or locking requirement would apply to guns that are out of the owner’s “immediate possession or control.”
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Hunting while intoxicated is a misdemeanor under New York’s conservation law, which cites the risk of injury and death to those hunters and others.
The storage or locking requirement would apply to guns that are out of the owner’s “immediate possession or control.”
Background checks are intended to determine whether would-be gun buyers have felony or domestic violence convictions or determined mental illnesses that would prevent them from legally owning a gun.