In January 2019 , Gaughran was amongst nearly the entire Democratic caucus in the New York State Senate in co-sponsoring gun legislation to expand background checks and to ban bump stocks . Following the successful passage of the legislation through the state senate , Gaughran praised the efforts of activist movements such as March for Our Lives and other 2018 protests which raised awareness of gun violence in the United States , saying : " Last year young people across the country mobilized in a transformative movement to march for their lives . One year later New York stands to make history again with common sense gun reforms such as Extreme Risk Protection Order and expanded background checks . Today I have the great honor of hosting Linda Beigel Schulman and Michael Schulman , parents of the late Scott Beigel , who was tragically gunned down in the Parkland massacre last year while heroically saving the lives of his students . I thank them for their tremendous bravery and courage in turning their tragedy into advocacy . It should n't take a tragedy to spur action . Never again . " The legislation was passed by the state legislature on January 29 , 2019 , and are pending signature from Gov. Andrew Cuomo
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