the new york safe act was passed by the new york state assembly on january 14, 2013.
when was the new york safe act passed by the new york state assembly?
january 14, 2013
in the wake of the sandy hook elementary school shooting and the 2012 webster, new york shooting, new york became the first u.s. state to enact stricter gun control laws when it passed the ny safe act on january 15, 2013. new measures included the redefining of what is considered an assault weapon, assault weapon registration, prohibition of sales of assault weapons, the prevention of selling or passing on registered assault weapons to friends or family, reducing the maximum allowed magazine capacity from ten rounds to seven rounds, (however part of the safe act was redacted in court to allow loading 10 rounds into your magazine) background checks on almost all gun sales including private sales, background checks on all ammunition sales (has yet to go into effect), additional requirements for reporting of persons with mental health issues, and increased penalties for certain gun crimes. the safe act also includes provisions allowing law enforcement to pre-emptively seize a person's firearms without a warrant or court order if they have probable cause that the person in question may be mentally unstable or intends to use the weapons to commit a crime.
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the new york secure ammunition and firearms enforcement act of 2013, commonly known as the ny safe act, is a gun regulation law in the state of new york. the law was passed by the new york state legislature and was signed into law by governor of new york andrew cuomo in january 2013. the legislation was written in response to the sandy hook elementary school shooting in newtown, connecticut, and the december 24 webster, new york, shooting. cuomo described the law as the toughest gun control law in the united states.
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