In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and the 2012 Webster , New York shooting , New York became the first U.S. state to enact stricter gun control laws when it passed the NY SAFE Act on January 15 , 2013 . New measures included the redefining of what is considered an assault weapon , assault weapon registration , prohibition of sales of assault weapons , the prevention of selling or passing on registered assault weapons to friends or family , reducing the maximum allowed magazine capacity from ten rounds to seven rounds , ( however part of the SAFE act was redacted in court to allow loading 10 rounds into your magazine ) background checks on almost all gun sales including private sales , background checks on all ammunition sales ( has yet to go into effect ) , additional requirements for reporting of persons with mental health issues , and increased penalties for certain gun crimes . The SAFE Act also includes provisions allowing law enforcement to pre-emptively seize a person 's firearms without a warrant or court order if they have probable cause that the person in question may be mentally unstable or intends to use the weapons to commit a crime
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Gun laws in New York