A Westchester judge has ruled that storing a firearm behind a glass display does not meet minimum safe storage standards in a particular case, a ruling that serves as an early interpretation of the state’s Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act of 2013.

After Vittorio Ciraco pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal contempt and received three years probation, his gun license was revoked and he surrendered his gun to police, because his probation terms specified he could not have or use “any firearm/ammunition or any other dangerous weapon.”

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