New York already has the
toughest gun laws in the country.
New
York also doesn’t have the gun violence such as states like Illinois (Chicago),
or Michigan (Detroit).
Yet New York Andrew Cuomo is
proposing sweeping new gun laws that would make it harder for law abiding citizens
to get gun only because he wants the law in his back pocket for his most likely
presidential run in 2016.
It’s all about the White
House!
A deal to
give New York one of the toughest gun control laws in the nation is being
negotiated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who, sources said Tuesday, is hoping to
announce the plan Wednesday during his State of the State speech in Albany.
Cuomo hopes
to jump-start the 2013 legislative session with a big deal that could
dramatically alter gun control laws across the state.
Highly
placed sources told CBS 2’s Marcia Kramer that Cuomo is negotiating with
Assembly and Senate leaders for a package of gun control laws that would be a
dramatic response to the gun violence besetting the nation, including
the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
“It’s a very
divisive topic,” Cuomo said on Wednesday. “There’s a lot of energy on both sides.
Some people are vehemently against’ some people think we’re out of our minds
for not passing it.”
Sources told
Kramer the governor and lawmakers are negotiating furiously in the hope that
Cuomo can announce a deal during
his speech Wednesday.
Sources said
the package is expected to include:
* New restrictions
on assault
weapons
* Stiffer
penalties for using a gun to commit a crime
* New limits
on the number of bullets in a gun magazine
“Gun control
is highly political, politically contentious situation. It is polarizing,”
Cuomo said.
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