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NYguns shutdown my original post for some reason (I copied the language and posted to the assembly webpage), so I’m just going to say that the bill has a lot more language in it than just 3-D printers.

That includes pistol converter language and the
CRUCIFORM TRIGGER BAR. Essentially it makes it a felony for this to be sold after May 30th, 2027.

I understand why they may take this post down as, but I’m not trying to cause a panic, I just think people are focusing on 3-D printers instead of the part that requires special modifications to many striker fired semi-auto pistols, including many common glock models.

If the mods want to make a uniform section regarding this issue instead of average joes like myself posting, fine, but I think it’s a disservice to not discuss the pistol converter language snuck in to the budget bill.

It’s under Subpart A paragraph 36:

36. "Pistol converter" means any device or instrument that, when
    installed in or attached to the REAR OF THE slide of a semi-automatic
    pistol, REPLACES THE BACKPLATE AND interferes with the trigger mechanism
    and thereby enables the pistol to discharge a number of shots or bullets
    rapidly or automatically with one continuous pull of the trigger.

37. "CONVERTIBLE PISTOL" MEANS ANY SEMI-AUTOMATIC PISTOL WITH A CRUCI-
    FORM TRIGGER BAR THAT CAN BE READILY ALTERED BY HAND OR WITH COMMON
    HOUSEHOLD TOOLS SO THAT IT CAN BE CONVERTED INTO A MACHINE-GUN BY THE
    INSTALLATION OR ATTACHMENT OF A PISTOL CONVERTER. AS USED IN THIS
    SUBDIVISION, "COMMON HOUSEHOLD TOOLS" MEANS SCREWDRIVERS, PIPE WRENCHES,
    PLIERS, HACKSAWS, CROWBARS, ELECTRIC DRILLS OR ROTARY TOOLS, HAMMERS,
    CHISELS, FILES, AND CRESCENT WRENCHES. "CONVERTIBLE PISTOL" DOES NOT
    INCLUDE HAMMER-FIRED SEMI-AUTOMATIC PISTOLS OR ANY STRIKER-FIRED SEMI-
    AUTOMATIC PISTOL LACKING A CRUCIFORM TRIGGER BAR. A NOTCH, TAB, OR OTHER
    PIECE OF MATERIAL ON A PISTOL FRAME IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT READY
    ALTERATION SO THAT THE PISTOL CAN BE CONVERTED INTO A MACHINE-GUN BY THE
    INSTALLATION OR ATTACHMENT OF A PISTOL CONVERTER, AND WILL NOT PREVENT
    SUCH PISTOL FROM QUALIFYING AS A CONVERTIBLE PISTOL UNDER THIS SUBDIVI-
    SION, IF SUCH NOTCH, TAB, OR OTHER PIECE OF MATERIAL CAN BE READILY
    REMOVED WITH COMMON HOUSEHOLD TOOLS.

38. ANY DEALER IN FIREARMS OR GUNSMITH WHO, ON OR AFTER MAY THIRTY-
    FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN, SELLS, TRANSFERS, DISPOSES OF, OR
    TRANSPORTS OR SHIPS AS MERCHANDISE A CONVERTIBLE PISTOL SHALL BE GUILTY
    OF A CLASS D FELONY.

There’s a lot to unpack, but essentially NYS has put a deadline to this being law as May 31st, 2027. (read several paragraphs down regarding ownership, etc.)

This was snuck in a budget bill because Hochul didn’t want these bids put in the open during an election year.