ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) —New York lawmakers approve legislation intended to preserve some handgun controls.
New York lawmakers began a special legislative session seeking to limit the proliferation of firearms in public after the Supreme Court gutted the state’s century-old handgun licensing law. The court ruled that ordinary citizens have a right to arm themselves in public for self-defense. The bill would allow many more gun owners to apply for a license to carry a concealed weapon. But they would also set new restrictions on where firearms can be carried.
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