Results: Daily Debate: Should background checks be required to purchase ammunition?
Published on 07/13/2015
The administration of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo agreed on Friday to suspend a plan to require background checks on ammunition sales, putting in doubt part of the gun control law that he considers one of his proudest legacies.
The background-check system was approved as part of the Safe Act, the set of tough gun control measures that Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, persuaded lawmakers to pass in January 2013, shortly after the mass school shooting in Newtown, Conn. The background checks on ammunition sales had not yet been put in place. Mr. Cuomo said in March that a database designed to make the checks possible was still being developed, though his administration offered few details about the delay.
The background-check system was approved as part of the Safe Act, the set of tough gun control measures that Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, persuaded lawmakers to pass in January 2013, shortly after the mass school shooting in Newtown, Conn. The background checks on ammunition sales had not yet been put in place. Mr. Cuomo said in March that a database designed to make the checks possible was still being developed, though his administration offered few details about the delay.
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Daily Debate: Should background checks be required to purchase ammunition?
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No
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