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After the U.S. Supreme Court threw out New York State's gun control rules, Albany went back in and passed new legislation. It limits where a weapon can be carried and sets a midnight deadline tonight for an application before new rules start up requiring 16 hours of training and two hours actually shooting. There's a rush to beat the deadline.
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Three weeks and two days after the mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed 10 gun control bills into law, including raising the age to buy a semi-automatic rifle from 18 to 21. The bills are aimed at closing some loopholes that allowed the alleged 18-year-old gunman to evade the state’s red flag laws and purchase a semi-automatic rifle and body armor.
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Two-and-a-half weeks after a mass shooting in Buffalo killed 10 people, the New York State Legislature has acted on measures to close loopholes in the state’s gun laws and to prohibit anyone under the age of 21 from buying a semi-automatic rifle.
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The Attorney General’s investigation found that a majority of these gun sellers were located in Western New York and on Long Island.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and legislative leaders have agreed on a package of gun control measures that includes banning the purchase of assault-style weapons to New Yorkers under the age of 21. The measures require that anyone who wants to purchase a semiautomatic rifle must first obtain a license, and the minimum age to buy it would be 21.
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The legislative session is scheduled to end on Thursday, and Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Legislature hope to accomplish several major issues, including further protecting abortion rights and more gun safety measures. Lawmakers are not expected to conclude until well into the weekend.
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It’s a last-minute proposal, with just three scheduled days of this year’s legislative session left, but Hochul said she was confident the legislature would be willing to work with her on the change.
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After last weekend’s mass shooting in Buffalo, Gov. Kathy Hochul called for enacting new gun control measures in New York, which already has the strictest gun control measures in the nation. It’s a big change from Hochul’s time in Congress, when the NRA gave her an “A” rating.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul convened a first-in-the-nation Interstate Task Force on Illegal Guns Wednesday, bringing together representatives from nine states to drill down on New York’s recent rise in gun violence. The task force will include law enforcement leaders from New York, Rhodie Island, Vermont, Ohio, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire.
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One of the first choices Hochul will face as governor is whether or not to continue her predecessor’s state of emergency on gun violence.