1913 N.Y. Laws 1627-30, vol. III, ch. 608, §§ 2-3

Abstract

No pistol, revolver or other firearms of a size which may be concealed upon the person, shall be sold, or given away, or otherwise disposed of, except to a person expressly authorized under the provisions of section eighteen hundred and ninety-seven of the penal law to possess and have such firearm.