Gov. Hochul wants to raise the age to purchase guns in New York to 21, orders state police to do daily check-ins at schools

Gov. Hochul wants to raise the age to purchase guns in New York to 21, orders state police to do daily check-ins at schools

May 25, 2022 by New York Daily News

Key Facts

  • ALBANY — A day after an 18-year-old gunman slaughtered 19 children and two teachers at a Texas school, Gov. Hochul said she wants New York to raise the age to buy firearms in the state to 21 from 18.
  • “I don’t want 18-year-olds to have guns,” Hochul said Wednesday following a meeting of the Interstate Task Force on Illegal Guns at the New York State Intelligence Center in upstate East Greenbush.
  • “At least not in the State of New York.”
  • The governor, who has already proposed several measures strengthening the state’s gun law in the wake of a mass shooting in Buffalo that left 10 dead earlier this month, said she sees no reason why 18-year-olds should have access to the AR-15 assault-style rifles used in both tragedies.

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