Cuomo Says He'll Push To Make It Illegal To Buy Guns Under Age 21

[TexasTowelie]

Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New Castle accepted the state Democratic Party's nomination for governor on Thursday, May 24 on Long Island while promising new gun laws -- including raising the age to purchase firearms in New York to 21.

Cuomo blasted President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress for refusing to act while the number of mass shootings including last week's killings at Santa Fe High School in Texas continue to grow.

Cuomo cited the state's passage of a tough anti-gun control law known as the SAFE Act after the 2012 mass Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting in Newtown, CT, and promised that New York will do more if Congress doesn't react.

He said the state will raise the minimum age to purchase a firearm to 21, up from 18.

Read more: http://yonkers.dailyvoice.com/politics/cuomo-says-hell-push-to-make-it-illegal-to-buy-guns-under-age-21/737708/

[TimeSnowDemos]

1. A small step in the right direction

With the caveat that:

'[the Sandyhook shooter] had access to guns through his mother... who was described as a "gun enthusiast who owned at least a dozen firearms". She often took her two sons to a local shooting range, where they learned to shoot.'

And so it wouldn't matter in this case, and the majority of gun deaths.

But it's potentially a small step in the right direction.