Working toward a bold response to last month’s shooting in Newtown, Conn., New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) on Wednesday will introduce one of the most sweeping new gun laws in the country, the New York Times reports.
Among other restrictions, Cuomo will reportedly announce his plans to push for a strict new ban on assault weapons in his State of the State address this afternoon in Albany, N.Y. Although New York already has a ban on some assault weapons on the books, Cuomo intends to expand the “number of guns and magazines covered by the law while also making it harder for gun makers to tweak their products to get around the ban,” according to the Times:
According to people briefed on the talks, the governor is considering not only rewriting the state’s assault weapons ban, but also proposing more expansive use of mental health records in background checks of gun buyers, lower limits on the capacity of magazines sold legally in New York and a new requirement that gun permits be subject to periodic recertification.
CBS 2 in New York reported late Tuesday that Cuomo was negotiating with leaders in the state Assembly and Senate in the hopes of having a deal struck before his speech on Wednesday.
