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N.Y. General Business Law § 875-e: Employee training

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  1. General Business Law
  2. Article 39-BB. Preventing the Unlawful Sale of Firearms, Rifles, and Shotguns to Individuals With a Criminal Record

§ 875-e. Employee training. 1. Every dealer shall provide the training

developed by the superintendent pursuant to subdivision two of this

section to all new employees within thirty days of employment, to all

existing employees within ninety days of the effective date of this

section, and to all employees annually thereafter.

2. The superintendent shall develop and make available to each dealer,

a training course in the conduct of firearm, rifle, and shotgun

transfers including at a minimum the following:

(a) Federal and state laws governing firearm, rifle, and shotgun

transfers.

(b) How to recognize, identify, respond, and report straw purchases,

illegal purchases, and fraudulent activity.

(c) How to recognize, identify, respond, and report an individual who

intends to use a firearm, rifle, or shotgun for unlawful purposes,

including self-harm.

(d) How to prevent, respond, and report theft or burglary of firearms,

rifles, shotguns, and ammunition.

(e) How to educate customers on rules of gun safety, including but not

limited to the safe handling and storage of firearms, rifles, shotguns

and ammunition.

(f) Such other topics the superintendent deems necessary and

appropriate.

3. No employee or agent of any retail dealer shall participate in the

sale or disposition of firearms, rifles, or shotguns unless such person

is at least twenty-one years of age and has first received the training

required by this section. The superintendent shall promulgate

regulations setting forth minimum requirements for the maintenance of

records of such training.

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