States rush toward new gun restrictions as Congress remains gridlocked

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Democratic state leaders from California to New Jersey are demanding immediate action after the Uvalde shooting

 

SACRAMENTO — Congress failed to impose gun restrictions after the school massacres in Newtown, Conn., and Parkland, Fla., and there’s little confidence that 21 deaths at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, will change matters now.

 

But states aren’t waiting.

 

In New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy urged lawmakers to advance firearms safety measures, including raising the age to 21 for purchases of long guns and exposing gun makers to civil lawsuits.

 

In New York — where an 18-year-old in Buffalo was charged two weeks ago with committing a racist mass shooting — Gov. Kathy Hochul said she would seek to ban people under 21 from purchasing AR-15-style rifles.

 

And in California — where a politically motivated mass shooting erupted at a luncheon of older churchgoers this month — legislative leaders and Gov. Gavin Newsom fast-tracked tougher controls on firearms.

 

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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/29/us/states-gun-restrictions.html

 

 

 

[wombat]

the one common denominator for all these psychos is the need for them to post macho pics of them with their weapons on social media's.
tweak social media algorithm to recognise guns and to red flag them with enforcement being informed so they can go round and have a chat and a confiscation if deemed suspect.
i think it would be that easy.

Edited May 30, 2022 by wombat