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Wed May 18, 2022, 07:45 PM May 2022

Hochul to strengthen gun laws, target online extremism and white supremacy in response to Buffalo ma

mass shooting

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled a package of executive orders and legislative actions Wednesday strengthening New York’s gun laws and targeting domestic terrorism in response to the deadly race-based mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket.

The governor’s orders will strengthen the state’s “red flag” laws by requiring the State Police to seize weapons from people believed to be a threat to themselves or others and create a new unit to track online extremism.

Hochul said the shooting was a result of “the mainstreaming of hate speech, of racism and the easy access to military style weapons and magazines.”

“How many more lives have to be needlessly taken for us before we face the truth?” she added during a Manhattan press conference. “We can no longer look away and we’re not just going to call it out.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hochul-to-strengthen-gun-laws-target-online-extremism-and-white-supremacy-in-response-to-buffalo-mass-shooting/ar-AAXr2Ef
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Hochul to strengthen gun laws, target online extremism and white supremacy in response to Buffalo ma (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2022 OP
Applaud her. Probably not enough, but better than the usual nothing. Hoyt May 2022 #1
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