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Martins: Proposed gun laws will have 'little effect on gun violence'"

Monday January 14, 2013 1:21 PM By Yancey Roy

While Democrats are promoting a possible deal on gun-control legislation, one Long Island Republican says the proposal won’t “meaningfully change the status quo” and will have “very little effect on gun violence.”

Sen. Jack Martins (R-Mineola) raised possible objections just hours before the state Senate and Assembly is set to convene for the first day of the 2013 legislative session. Top...

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