• NY passes first US gun control law since massacre

  • Jumping out ahead of Washington, New York enacted the nation's toughest gun restrictions Tuesday and the first since the Connecticut school shooting, including an expanded assault-weapon ban and mandatory background checks for buying ammunition.
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  • ALBANY, N.Y.
    By MICHAEL VIRTANEN,Associated Press
    Updated Jan. 16, 2013 @ 12:31 pm
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