Does New York Have an Assault Weapons Ban?

New York Penal Law section 265.00(22) uses separate one-feature tests for semiautomatic rifles, pistols, and shotguns, as well as fixed-capacity and named-model branches. A detachable-magazine semiautomatic rifle can enter the definition through one listed stock, grip, muzzle, launcher, or bayonet feature.

Section 400.00 contains the registration framework for qualifying pre-January 15, 2013 firearms. Registration history does not create a path for a newly configured firearm, and model, action, magazine system, and feature count all require separate review.

There has been no federal assault weapons ban since the 1994 ban expired in 2004; no feature restrictions apply federally to semi-automatic rifles or pistols. The 2023 ATF pistol-brace rule was vacated nationwide and is not enforced, but federal SBR classification for a brace-equipped firearm still turns on whether the specific weapon is designed and intended to be fired from the shoulder. Cargill v. Garland (2024) made bump stocks federally legal. Feature bans are entirely a matter of state law.

Federal baseline verified 2026-07-31. Scope: State laws restricting semi-automatic rifles, pistols, and shotguns by configuration features: threaded barrels, pistol grips, folding or telescoping stocks, flash suppressors, forward grips, and similar. Magazine capacity limits are tracked as a separate class.