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USA Gun Control Timeline, a social experiment...Post Sandy Hook to Present
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"New York reviewing changes to recently passed gun law" [link to news.yahoo.com] "ALBANY, New York (Reuters) - New York state lawmakers are considering amendments to the state's sweeping new gun control law, including repealing a ban on magazines that hold more than seven bullets, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday, describing most of the changes as technical.
The law, passed January 15, a month after the massacre at a Connecticut elementary school, also requires gun owners to register most guns with the state and requires universal background checks.
The first gun control law passed in the United States following the December 14 mass shooting that killed 20 school children and six adults in Newtown, Connecticut, the measure has drawn fierce criticism from pro-gun groups and some lawmakers.
Cuomo and legislators have been discussing "technical corrections" to the law, the governor told a news conference.
A provision banning magazines that hold more than seven bullets beginning April 15 would likely be repealed, as magazines generally hold 10 bullets.
"There is no such thing as a seven-bullet magazine," Cuomo said.
Under the proposal, gun owners would be barred from loading more than seven bullets at a time, he said, unless they are at a shooting range or participating in a competition...."
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