Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz recently announced that Gov. Eliot Spitzer signed his bill, co-sponsored by State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky (D-Queens) that will help keep guns away from convicted felons.
Before passage of the bill, felons convicted of violent crimes could possess rifles or shotguns through various loopholes. This bill, Dinowitz said, eliminates those loopholes and makes obtaining a firearm or a firearm license extremely difficult.
“We can’t ignore gun violence, and we can’t afford to let criminals possess these dangerous weapons,” Dinowitz said. “We need to pay special attention to those who have access to deadly weapons and how to reduce gun violence that currently kills approximately 1,200 New Yorkers a year.”
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