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N.Y. General Municipal Law § 139-d: Storage and display of firearms, ammunition and explosives

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  1. General Municipal Law
  2. Article 6. Public Health and Safety

§ 139-d. Storage and display of firearms, ammunition and explosives.

1. Any municipal corporation may by local law or ordinance regulate the

storage, possession and display of firearms, ammunition or explosives.

Such regulations may provide for:

(a) the establishment and enforcement of standards of design,

construction and maintenance of buildings and structures in which

firearms, ammunition or explosives are stored;

(b) the establishment and enforcement of standards of security for the

storage of such firearms, ammunition or explosives;

(c) the location of such buildings and structures;

(d) the quantity of firearms, ammunition or explosives which may be

stored in such buildings and structures;

(e) the manner of such storage; and

(f) the times and circumstances under which such firearms, ammunition

or explosives may be displayed to public view.

2. The regulations provided for herein shall not apply to the personal

possession, use or ownership of firearms or ammunition therefor.

3. The exercise of the power granted in this section by a county shall

relate only to the area thereof outside any city, or village; the

exercise of such power by a town shall relate only to the area thereof

outside the village or villages therein.

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