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Cuomo to Propose More Restrictive Assault Weapons Ban

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, pushing New York to become the first state to enact major new gun laws in the wake of the massacre in Newtown, Conn., plans to propose one of the country’s most restrictive bans on assault weapons.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, pushing New York to become the first state to enact major new gun laws in the wake of the massacre in Newtown, Conn., plans to propose one of the country’s most restrictive bans on assault weapons.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.