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<title>Cuomo: strengthen federal gun laws, close state loopholes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 18, 2012) Governor Cuomo says federal gun laws need to be strengthened, and he says New York State&apos;s assault weapons ban has loopholes that need to be closed. Governor Cuomo says the state already has some of the toughest anti-gun laws in the nation, so the focus should really be on the strengthening of federal laws, where a ban on assault weapons was allowed to lapse in 2004. But he says the state&apos;s assault weapons ban should be tightened, too. For instance, the semi-automatic weapon used in the Newtown shootings is legal in New York. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21095/20121218/cuomo-strengthen-federal-gun-laws-close-state-loopholes">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Governor Cuomo says federal gun laws need to be strengthened, and he says New York State&apos;s assault weapons ban has loopholes that need to be closed. Governor Cuomo says the state already has some of the toughest anti-gun laws in the nation, so the focus should really be on the strengthening of federal laws, where a ban on assault weapons was allowed to lapse in 2004. But he says the state&apos;s assault weapons ban should be tightened, too. For instance, the semi-automatic weapon used in the Newtown shootings is legal in New York. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21095/20121218/cuomo-strengthen-federal-gun-laws-close-state-loopholes">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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