Cuomo Seeks to Tighten New York Assault-Rifle Ban After Newtown

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will propose stricter gun regulations after U.S. shooting massacres in 2012 renewed calls for tighter firearms control.

The 55-year-old Democrat, who will outline his third-year agenda in the State of the State speech tomorrow, has said in a series of interviews and public appearances that he’ll seek to tighten the state’s 2000 ban on assault rifles. The law has “more holes than Swiss cheese,” Cuomo said in a December radio interview.