New York brings new curbs on guns as mass shootings plague US
TRT World says New York’s governor has raised the age for buying a semiautomatic rifle from 18 to 21 as she tightened gun laws in the US state following the racist massacre at a supermarket in Buffalo city.
Kathy Hochul approved a package of gun reform laws on Monday that had been passed by the state senate in the wake of last month’s shooting that killed 10 Black people.
The measures come amid a spate of mass killings in the United States that have sparked renewed calls for greater gun control laws.
Payton Gendron, 18, is accused of gunning down the shoppers at Tops Friendly Market using an AR-15 assault rifle that he had bought legally.
As well as being at least 21 years old, buyers of semiautomatic rifles will now also have to obtain a permit, meaning undergoing a background check.
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