• Background Check Required?
  • Private Sale: Yes, private sales generally must go through the state background-check process with limited exceptions.
  • Licensed Dealer: Yes, federally licensed dealers must conduct a background check before completing the transfer.
• Waiting Period: None.
• Registration Requirement: Limited. New York requires registration and recertification for assault weapons, and it also has firearm licensing and recertification requirements for certain firearms.
• Permit Required (to purchase): Yes, a license is generally required to purchase or take possession of a semiautomatic rifle, and handgun purchases are also tied to New York’s licensing system.
• Concealed Carry Permit: Yes, a license is generally required to carry a concealed handgun.
• Magazine Capacity Limits: Yes, New York generally restricts large-capacity ammunition feeding devices with capacities over 10 rounds.
• Assault Weapons Limits: Yes, New York restricts assault weapons under state law.

Source: N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 898, N.Y. Penal Law §§ 400.00, 265.00, 265.10, 265.37, 18 U.S.C. § 922(t)

• Anyone convicted of a misdemeanor offense of domestic violence.
• Anyone dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Armed Forces.
• Anyone adjudicated as a mental defective or committed to a mental institution.
• Anyone who has renounced U.S. citizenship.
• Anyone subject to a qualifying restraining order involving an intimate partner or child.
• Unlawful users of, or persons addicted to, controlled substances.
• Minors.
• Convicted felons.
• Fugitives from justice.
• Aliens unlawfully present in the United States or admitted under a non-immigrant visa.

Source: N.Y. Penal Law §§ 265.01, 265.02, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)