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Silver: With date looming, NY will suspend gun-clip limit
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Lawmakers might strip away a key aspect of New York’s new gun-control bill this weekend as they are enacting a state budget, the Legislature’s top Democrat said Thursday.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) said lawmakers could suspend a provision that outlaws sales of magazines that hold more than seven rounds. When enacted in January, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo touted the law as the...
