2022 New York Laws
GBS - General Business
Article 39-B - Imitation Weapons
871 - Definitions.

§  871.  Definitions.  1. "Firearm" as used in this section shall have
the same meaning as that term is defined by subdivision three of section
265.00 of the penal law and  shall  include  machine  guns,  rifles  and
shotguns  as  those  terms  are  defined by subdivisions one, eleven and
twelve, respectively, of section 265.00 of the penal law.
  2. "Imitation weapon" means any device  or  object  made  of  plastic,
wood,  metal or any other material which substantially duplicates or can
reasonably be perceived to be an actual firearm, air rifle, pellet  gun,
or "B-B" gun; unless such imitation weapon:
  (a)  either  (i)  is  colored white, bright red, bright orange, bright
yellow, bright green, bright blue, bright pink or bright purple  on  the
entire  exterior surface or as the predominant color in combination with
other colors in any pattern; or
  (ii) is constructed entirely of transparent or  translucent  materials
which permits unmistakable observation of the imitation or toy firearm's
complete contents; and
  (b)  has  a  barrel  that  is  closed  for a distance of not less than
one-half inch from the front-end of its barrel with the same material of
which the imitation weapon is made, unless it is a water gun; and
  (c) has legibly stamped thereon, the name of the manufacturer or  some
trade  name,  mark  or  brand  by  which the manufacturer can be readily
identified; and
  (d) does not have attached thereto a laser pointer,  defined  for  the
purpose  of this section as any device that emits light amplified by the
stimulated emission of radiation that  is  visible  to  the  human  eye.
"Imitation  weapon" does not include any nonfiring replica of an antique
firearm, the original of which was designed, manufactured  and  produced
prior to eighteen hundred ninety-eight.