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The bills are aimed at closing some loopholes that allowed the alleged 18 year old gunman in the Buffalo massacre to purchase a semi- automatic rifle, a bullet proof vest, and evade the state’s red flag laws.
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They include banning the purchase of assault style weapons to New Yorkers under the age of 21. The alleged gunmen in the mass shootings at a Buffalo grocery store and at the school in Texas were both 18 and had recently purchased AR-15’s.
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For example, she hopes there’s movement on a universal background checks bill, a ban on military style assault weapons, and an anti-gun trafficking bill.
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Governor Hochul Calls the Past Week Among the Toughest Weeks of Her Life Following the mass shooting in Buffalo
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After last weekend’s mass shooting in Buffalo, New York Governor 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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She announced the steps to curb the growing number of extreme acts of violence motivated by racial hatred four days after the mass shooting at a supermarket in a Black neighborhood in Buffalo that killed ten people and injured three.
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A mass shooter targeted black people at a supermarket over the weekend, killing 10 and injuring 3. Meanwhile, NYS Health Commissioner Mary Bassett reflects on the impact of racism and violence on public health.