LIers favor assault weapon ban, poll finds
Photo credit: AP | A Bushmaster AR-15 rifle, the weapon believed to have been used in the Newtown school shooting that claimed 26 lives, is shown in this file photo. (March 27, 2006)
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Long Islanders overwhelmingly favor banning assault weapons, high-capacity ammunition magazines and armor-piercing bullets in the wake of the Newtown school massacre, according to a Newsday/Siena Research Institute poll.
Amid a national debate over increasing restrictions on assault weapons, the poll found that a large majority of Islanders believe controlling gun ownership is more important...
