Unlawful possession of a weapon upon school grounds · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 265.06 Unlawful possession of a weapon upon school grounds.
It shall be unlawful for any person age sixteen or older to knowingly possess any air-gun, spring-gun or other instrument or weapon in which the propelling force is a spring, air, piston or CO2 cartridge in or upon a building or grounds, used for educational purposes, of any school, college or university, without the written authorization of such educational institution.
Unlawful possession of a weapon upon school grounds is a violation.
A person age 16 or older may not knowingly possess an air gun, spring gun, or other spring-, air-, piston-, or CO2-propelled weapon in a school, college, or university building or grounds without the institution’s written authorization. The offense is a violation. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.