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N.Y. General Business Law § 897: Sale of a firearm, rifle or shotgun at a gun show

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  1. General Business Law
  2. Article 39-DD. Sale of Firearms, Rifles or Shotguns At Gun Shows

§ 897. Sale of a firearm, rifle or shotgun at a gun show. 1. A

national instant criminal background check shall be conducted and no

person shall sell or transfer a firearm, rifle or shotgun at a gun show,

except in accordance with the provisions of 18 U.S.C. 922(t), provided

that before delivering a firearm, rifle or shotgun to any person, either

(a) the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) or its

successor has issued a "proceed" response to the seller or transferor,

or (b) thirty calendar days shall have elapsed since the date the seller

or transferor contacted NICS to initiate a national instant criminal

background check and NICS has not notified the seller or transferor that

the transfer of the firearm, rifle or shotgun to such person should be

denied.

2. No person shall offer or agree to sell or transfer a firearm, rifle

or shotgun to another person at a gun show and transfer or deliver such

firearm, rifle or shotgun to such person or person acting on his or her

behalf thereafter at a location other than the gun show for the purpose

of evading or avoiding compliance with 18 U.S.C. 922(t).

3. Any person who knowingly violates any of the provisions of this

section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor punishable as provided

for in the penal law.

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