2023 New York Laws › PEN - Penal › Part 3 - Specific Offenses › Title P - Offenses Against Public Safety › Article 265 - Firearms and Other Dangerous Weapons › 265.45 - Failure to Safely Store Rifles, Shotguns, and Firearms in the First Degree.

§ 265.45 Failure  to  safely store rifles, shotguns, and firearms in the
first degree.
1. No person who owns or is custodian of a rifle, shotgun  or  firearm
  who  resides with an individual who: (i) is under eighteen years of age;
  (ii) such person  knows  or  has  reason  to  know  is  prohibited  from
  possessing  a rifle, shotgun or firearm pursuant to a temporary or final
  extreme risk protection order issued under article sixty-three-A of  the
  civil practice law and rules or 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) (1), (4), (8) or (9);
  or  (iii)  such  person  knows  or has reason to know is prohibited from
  possessing a rifle, shotgun or firearm  based  on  a  conviction  for  a
  felony  or a serious offense, shall store or otherwise leave such rifle,
  shotgun or firearm out of his or her  immediate  possession  or  control
  without  having  first securely locked such rifle, shotgun or firearm in
  an appropriate safe storage depository or rendered it incapable of being
  fired by use of a gun locking device appropriate to that weapon.
2. No person shall store or  otherwise  leave  a  rifle,  shotgun,  or
  firearm  out  of  such person's immediate possession or control inside a
  vehicle without first removing the ammunition from and securely  locking
  such   rifle,  shotgun,  or  firearm  in  an  appropriate  safe  storage
  depository out of sight from outside of the vehicle; provided,  however,
  this  subdivision  shall  not  apply to a police officer as such term is
  defined in subdivision thirty-four  of  section  1.20  of  the  criminal
  procedure  law,  a qualified law enforcement officer authorized to carry
  concealed firearms pursuant to 18  U.S.C.  926B,  or  a  person  in  the
  military service of the United States or the state of New York when such
  police  officer,  qualified  law  enforcement officer, or person in such
  military service is acting in the course of such person's official  duty
  or  employment  and otherwise complying with any applicable standards or
  requirements pertaining to  the  storage  of  such  rifle,  shotgun,  or
  firearm.
3. For purposes of this section "safe storage depository" shall mean a
  safe or other secure container which, when locked, is incapable of being
  opened without the key, keypad, combination or other unlocking mechanism
  and  is  capable  of  preventing  an  unauthorized person from obtaining
  access to and possession of the weapon contained therein  and  shall  be
  fire,  impact,  and  tamper  resistant. Nothing in this section shall be
  deemed to affect, impair or supersede any special or local act  relating
  to  the  safe  storage  of  rifles,  shotguns  or  firearms which impose
  additional requirements on the owner or custodian of such  weapons.  For
  the  purposes of subdivision two of this section, a glove compartment or
  glove  box  shall  not  be  considered  an  appropriate   safe   storage
  depository.
4.  It shall not be a violation of this section to allow a person less
  than eighteen years of age access to: (i) a firearm,  rifle  or  shotgun
  for  lawful  use  as  authorized  under  paragraph  seven  or seven-e of
  subdivision a of section 265.20 of this article,  or  (ii)  a  rifle  or
  shotgun   for  lawful  use  as  authorized  by  article  eleven  of  the
  environmental conservation law when such person less than eighteen years
  of age is the holder of a hunting license or permit and  such  rifle  or
  shotgun is used in accordance with such law.
Failure  to  safely  store rifles, shotguns, and firearms in the first
  degree is a class A misdemeanor.