UPDATE: Cuomo signed the legislation, dubbed the NY SAFE (Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement) Act, on Jan. 15, after the state assembly passed it the same day.
Legislation dealing with firearms and school safety supported by Gov. Andrew Cuomo is rocketing through New York state at a relatively breakneck pace. On Jan. 14, Cuomo, a Democrat, saw new restrictions on guns in New York state pass the state Senate, and the Post-Standard in Syracuse reports that the state Assembly is expected to pass the bill on Jan. 15, less than a week after he announced his new gun control push.
Cuomo said in his Jan. 9 State of the State speech that the Empire State should pass "the toughest assault weapons ban in the nation" following the Dec. 14 school shootings in neighboring Newtown, Conn., in which 20 students and six school staff members were killed. But there other pieces to the bill from Cuomo's desk that the Senate passed.
