There is a separate crime, defined in Penal Law § 265.10 (6), 3 person who wilfully defaces any machine-gun, large making “[a]ny capacity ammunition feeding device or firearm. . .guilty of a class D to Penal Law § 265.15 by any felony.” Pursuant (5), “[t]he possession person of a defaced machine-gun, firearm rifle or shotgun is presumptive evidence that such person defaced the same.”
3 There is a separate crime, defined in Penal Law § 265.10 (6), making “[a]ny person who wilfully defaces any machine-gun, large capacity ammunition feeding device or firearm. . .guilty of a class D felony.” Pursuant to Penal Law § 265.15 (5), “[t]he possession by any person of a defaced machine-gun, firearm rifle or shotgun is presumptive evidence that such person defaced the same.”
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