STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3675
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 13, 2015
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to possession  of  a  gravity
          knife  for  purposes  of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth
          degree
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.   Section 265.01 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 1
     2  of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
     3  § 265.01 Criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree.
     4    A person is guilty of criminal possession of a weapon  in  the  fourth
     5  degree when:
     6    (1)  He  or she possesses any firearm, electronic dart gun, electronic
     7  stun gun, [gravity knife,] switchblade  knife,  pilum  ballistic  knife,
     8  metal  knuckle  knife,  cane  sword, billy, blackjack, bludgeon, plastic
     9  knuckles, metal knuckles, chuka stick, sand bag,  sandclub,  wrist-brace
    10  type slingshot or slungshot, shirken or "Kung Fu star"; or
    11    (2)  He  or  she  possesses  any dagger, dangerous knife, dirk, razor,
    12  stiletto, gravity knife, imitation pistol, or  any  other  dangerous  or
    13  deadly  instrument  or  weapon  with  intent  to use the same unlawfully
    14  against another; or
    15    [(3); or
    16    (4)] (3) He possesses a rifle, shotgun, antique firearm, black  powder
    17  rifle, black powder shotgun, or any muzzle-loading firearm, and has been
    18  convicted of a felony or serious offense; or
    19    [(5)]  (4)  He  possesses  any dangerous or deadly weapon and is not a
    20  citizen of the United States; or
    21    [(6)] (5) He is a person  who  has  been  certified  not  suitable  to
    22  possess a rifle or shotgun, as defined in subdivision sixteen of section
    23  265.00,  and  refuses  to yield possession of such rifle or shotgun upon
    24  the demand of a police officer. Whenever a person is certified not suit-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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