New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed off on a gun control bill on Monday, placing tighter restrictions on gun ownership amid a series of shootings across the country.
The legislation allows New York to regulate semi-automatic rifles in the same way it regulates semi-automatic pistols, requiring gun owners to have permits to possess semi-automatic rifles and requiring applicants to be at least 21 years old."It just keeps happening," Hochul said."Shots ring out, flags come down, and nothing ever changes — except here in New York."
Other measures include outlawing body armor for everyone except law enforcement and first responders, as well as people whose employment requires them to wear armor. An expansion of New York's"red flag" law, which prevents people who show signs of being a threat to themselves or others from purchasing or possessing any kind of gun, was also included in the bill.
Hochul's approval comes less than a month after a shooter shot 13 people, resulting in 10 deaths, in an attack in Buffalo, New York, on May 14. The suspect of the shooting, believed to be racially motivated, pleaded not guilty to 25 counts on Thursday.Other mass shootings since the Buffalo shooting have occurred in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Uvalde, Texas. The shootings prompted a new push for gun reform by the White House and Congress.
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