ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed three gun control bills on Thursday. The bills ban certain gun mods, make gun shops post clearer warnings, and change how gun sales are tracked.
S744/A436 bans pistol converters from semi-automatic pistols. The law adds pistol converters to the list of devices—like bump stocks, trigger cranks, burst trigger systems, and binary trigger systems—that make guns fire faster.
“New Yorkers are sick of weapons manufacturers ignoring their role in the gun violence epidemic,” said Democratic Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon, who sponsored the bill in the Assembly. “Glock has known that its pistols can be easily and cheaply converted into illegal fully-automatic machine guns. It’s time to put people over profit.”