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N.Y. Penal Law § 115.20

Criminal facilitation; definitions and construction

2014-09-22

§ 115.20 Criminal facilitation; definitions and construction.\n For purposes of this article, such conduct shall include, but not be\nlimited to, making available, selling, exchanging, giving or disposing\nof a community gun, which in fact, aids a person to commit a crime.\n"Community gun" shall mean a firearm that is actually shared, made\navailable, sold, exchanged, given or disposed of among or between two or\nmore persons, at least one of whom is not authorized pursuant to law to\npossess such firearm. "Dispose of" shall have the same meaning as that\nterm is defined in section 265.00 of this chapter. "Share" and "make\navailable" shall, in the case of a firearm, be construed to include\nknowingly placing such firearm at a location accessible and known to one\nor more other persons.\n

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