纽约州州长凯西·霍楚尔签署了全面的枪支改革法案，禁止21岁以下的任何人购买或拥有半自动步枪，并对那些制造大规模威胁的人进行刑事定罪。
该方案于周一签署，在5月14日杂货店枪击事件后，于6月2日由纽约议会通过布法罗的商店造成13人死亡，5月24日的枪击事件罗伯小学导致19名儿童和两名成人死亡。
“对纽约人民来说，这是一个道德时刻，但对全国其他人来说也是如此，”Hochul说。“跟随我们在纽约这里所做的，我们将最终开始结束所有这些枪支暴力和每天在我们国家发生的屠杀。”
新的立法将通过禁止21岁以下的人购买或拥有半自动步枪，要求州和地方执法机构与联邦数据库共享枪支犯罪信息，扩大医疗保健专业人员、警察和地区检察官提交极端风险保护令的能力，禁止向公众出售防弹衣，并要求购买攻击性武器的许可证，来补充以前的枪支法律。
这套立法还将把制造大规模伤害威胁的行为和以公开行为加剧这种威胁的行为定为刑事犯罪。
一揽子法案为纽约的社交媒体网络制定了政策，以监测和应对其平台上的仇恨行为事件，并要求枪支经销商执行安全计划以确保枪支安全，对员工进行产品行为培训，并每三年接受州警察的检查。
Hochul宣布进一步提供资金，作为纽约州消除涉枪暴力倡议的一部分。根据州长的网站，已获得1820万美元资助全州17个参与县。
这笔资金将用于这17个县的20个地方警察局，这些县占纽约暴力犯罪的80%以上。
虽然纽约市已经要求持有、携带和购买任何类型的枪支都需要许可证，并阻止大多数21岁以下的人获得许可证，但新的州立法将影响到该市范围以外的县。
纽约，纽约-6月6日:2022年6月6日，在纽约市东北部布朗克斯基督教青年会举行的法案签署仪式上，州长凯西·霍楚尔在立法者的包围下签署立法。Hochul州长签署了一系列枪支改革法案，这将加强已经严格的枪支法律.
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在一些县，年仅16岁的个人无需执照或许可证就可以购买步枪和猎枪。
其他州也通过了类似的立法，禁止21岁以下的人购买某些类型的长枪，但在法庭上受到了挑战。
在佛罗里达州，全国步枪协会正在挑战该州禁止向21岁以下的成年人出售步枪和其他枪支的禁令，这项法律是在2018年帕克兰学校枪击事件后通过的，该事件造成17名学生和工作人员死亡。
“在纽约州，我们已经要求获得购买手枪或左轮手枪的许可。我的立法将对半自动步枪提出同样的要求，”议员Chantel S. Jackson说。“在布法罗和得克萨斯州的乌瓦尔迪，18岁的年轻人外出购买半自动步枪，在两次袭击之间，杀害了31人。建立许可程序是保障纽约人安全的合乎逻辑的常识性规定。
New York governor signs bills that ban semi-automatic rifles for those under 21, outlaws body armor
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed sweeping gun reform bills to ban anyone under the age of 21 from buying or possessing a semi-automatic rifle and criminalizing those who make mass threats.
The package, signed on Monday, was passed by the New York Assembly on June 2 after the May 14 shooting at a grocerystore in Buffalothat left 13 dead and the May 24 shooting atRobb Elementary Schoolin Texas that left 19 children and two adults dead.
"This is a moral moment for the people of New York but also the rest of the nation," Hochul said. "Follow what we did here in New York, and we'll finally start to be at the beginning of the end of all this gun violence and the massacres that are occurring every day in our country."
The new legislation will add to previous gun laws by banning the purchase or possession of semi-automatic rifles by those under 21, requiring state and local law enforcement agencies to share gun crime information with federal databases, expanding the ability of health care professionals, police and district attorneys to file Extreme Risk Protection Orders, banning the sale of body armor to the general public and requiring a license to purchase assault weapons.
This legislative package will also criminalize both the act of making a threat of mass harm and adding to a threat with overt acts to further it.
The package of bills creates policies for social media networks in New York to monitor and respond to incidents of hateful conduct on their platforms, as well as requiring gun dealers to implement security plans for securing firearms, train their employees on the conduct of their products and be inspected by state police every three years.
Hochul announced further funding as part of New York State's Gun Involved Violence Elimination initiative. According to the governor's website, $18.2 million has been secured to fund 17 participating counties across the state.
The funding will go towards 20 local police departments across these 17 counties that account for over 80% of the violent crime in New York.
While New York City already requires permits to possess, carry and purchase any type of firearm and blocks most under the age of 21 from receiving permits, the new state legislation will affect counties beyond the city's limits.
In some counties, individuals as young as 16 can purchase rifles and shotguns without a license or permit.
Other states that have passed similar legislation banning those under 21 from purchasing certain types of long guns have been challenged in court.
In Florida, the National Rifle Association is challenging the state's ban on the sale of rifles and other firearms to adults under 21, a law that passed following the 2018 Parkland school shooting that left 17 students and staff members dead.
"In New York State, we already require a permit to purchase a pistol or a revolver. My legislation will institute the same requirements for semi-automatic rifles," Assemblymember Chantel S. Jackson said. "Both in Buffalo and in Uvalde, Texas, 18-year-olds went out and bought semi-automatic rifles, and between the two attacks, murdered 31 people. Instituting a permit process is a logical, commonsense provision to keep New Yorkers safe."
