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2019 New York Laws
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - Specific Offenses
Title P - Offenses Against Public Safety
Article 265 - Firearms and Other Dangerous Weapons
265.05 - Unlawful Possession of Weapons by Persons Under Sixteen.

Universal Citation: NY Penal L § 265.05 (2019)
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§ 265.05 Unlawful possession of weapons by persons under sixteen.

It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  under the age of sixteen to
  possess any air-gun, spring-gun or other instrument or weapon  in  which
  the propelling force is a spring or air, or any gun or any instrument or
  weapon  in  or upon which any loaded or blank cartridges may be used, or
  any loaded or blank cartridges or ammunition therefor, or any  dangerous
  knife;  provided  that  the possession of rifle or shotgun or ammunition
  therefor by the holder of a hunting license or permit issued pursuant to
  article eleven  of  the  environmental  conservation  law  and  used  in
  accordance with said law shall not be governed by this section.

A person who violates the provisions of this section shall be adjudged
  a juvenile delinquent.

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