Posted: 9/28/2011 4:44:01 AM EDT
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In short, my question is whether or not-high capacity magazines (post ban) can be shipped to me (NY), from a private citizen in a legal state (FL), with the one caveat that I am a Law Enforcement Officer clearly defined in section - New York Criminal Procedure - Article 2 - § 2.10 Persons Designated as Peace Officers.
I have provided the following statutes to see what you think. NYS Penal Law Section - 265.10 Manufacture, transport, disposition and defacement of weapons and dangerous instruments and appliances. 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. NYS Penal Law Section - 265.20 Exemptions. a. Sections 265.01, 265.02, 265.03, 265.04, 265.05, 265.10, 265.11, 265.12, 265.13, 265.15 and 270.05 shall not apply to: (c) Peace officers as defined by section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law. I am thinking this is legal, but don’t know if there are rules on how this would have to be done. I would imagine that the USPS will ship as they’re rules state that only a “firearm” cannot be shipped. I feel that most internet vendors have a blanket statement about not shipping to NY as a general “play it safe rule” regarding trying to verify who really is LEO’s. This would be a nightmare for them. I bought several “post ban magazines” while at a gun show in FL and did not want to deal with any airline problems. So I left them with a friend in FL to be shipped. |