Section 265.10. Manufacture, transport, disposition and defacement of weapons and dangerous instruments and appliances  


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  • 1. Any person who  manufactures  or  causes  to  be  manufactured  any
      machine-gun, assault weapon, large capacity ammunition feeding device or
      disguised gun is guilty of a class D felony. Any person who manufactures
      or causes to be manufactured any switchblade knife, gravity knife, pilum
      ballistic  knife,  metal  knuckle  knife,  billy,  blackjack,  bludgeon,
      plastic knuckles, metal knuckles, Kung Fu star,  chuka  stick,  sandbag,
      sandclub or slungshot is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
        2.  Any  person  who  transports  or  ships  any  machine-gun, firearm
      silencer, assault weapon or large capacity ammunition feeding device  or
      disguised  gun,  or  who transports or ships as merchandise five or more
      firearms, is guilty of a class D felony. Any person  who  transports  or
      ships  as  merchandise  any  firearm,  other  than  an  assault  weapon,
      switchblade  knife,  gravity  knife,  pilum  ballistic   knife,   billy,
      blackjack,  bludgeon,  plastic  knuckles,  metal knuckles, Kung Fu star,
      chuka stick, sandbag or slungshot is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
        3. Any person who disposes of any machine-gun, assault  weapon,  large
      capacity  ammunition  feeding  device or firearm silencer is guilty of a
      class D felony. Any person who knowingly buys, receives, disposes of, or
      conceals a  machine-gun,  firearm,  large  capacity  ammunition  feeding
      device,  rifle  or  shotgun  which  has  been defaced for the purpose of
      concealment or prevention of the detection of a crime or misrepresenting
      the identity of such machine-gun,  firearm,  large  capacity  ammunition
      feeding device, rifle or shotgun is guilty of a class D felony.
        4.  Any  person  who  disposes  of  any of the weapons, instruments or
      appliances specified in subdivision one  of  section  265.01,  except  a
      firearm, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor, and he is guilty of a class
      D felony if he has previously been convicted of any crime.
        5.  Any  person  who  disposes  of  any  of  the weapons, instruments,
      appliances or substances specified in section 265.05 to any other person
      under the age of sixteen years is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
        6. Any person who wilfully defaces  any  machine-gun,  large  capacity
      ammunition feeding device or firearm is guilty of a class D felony.
        7. Any person, other than a wholesale dealer, or gunsmith or dealer in
      firearms   duly   licensed  pursuant  to  section  400.00,  lawfully  in
      possession of  a  firearm,  who  disposes  of  the  same  without  first
      notifying  in  writing the licensing officer in the city of New York and
      counties of Nassau and Suffolk and elsewhere in the state the  executive
      department,  division  of  state  police, Albany, is guilty of a class A
      misdemeanor.