New York’s governor signed a package of bills this week designed to add teeth to the state’s already-existing gun laws. Rockland Assemblyman John McGowan of the 97th district, covering Orangetown and parts of Ramapo, says that’s a good start…
At a “Gun Violence Prevention” press conference in Nanuet last month, New City’s Shari Maurer, a volunteer with the group “Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America,” said too many kids and adults alike don’t feel safe going out in public because of all the guns…
At yesterday’s press conference, Governor Kathy Hochul said the new laws, will, among other things, provide new tools and resources to help protect New Yorkers from gun violence…
Former U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords, herself a survivor of an assassination attempt in January 2011 when she was shot in the head in a mass shooting in Arizona, says her own recovery came first…
The new laws require gun sellers to post tobacco-style safety warnings, and and make the gun industry help prevent the use of “pistol converters.” Hochul also called for the assault weapons ban to return at the federal level.