Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul Raises AR-15 Age To 21

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Democrat Governor of New York Kathy Hochul has officially raised the age of purchasing an AR-15 from 18 to 21.

Besides Hochul raising the age to purchase AR-15s, the governor also has officially made it illegal to purchase body armor.

Hochul signed bill S9407B into law which was previously passed by New York’s Senate.

The move by New York will more than likely be imitated by other blue states in the near future.

Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) signs package of gun control bills into law, including:

• Banning anyone under age 21 from buying or owning a semiautomatic rifle
• Strengthening "Red Flag" laws
• Limiting sale of body armor to only law enforcement pic.twitter.com/7qX4QzJdCA

— The Recount (@therecount) June 6, 2022

ABC News had more on the story:

New Yorkers under age 21 will be prohibited from buying semiautomatic rifles under a new law signed Monday by Gov. Kathy Hochul, making the state among the first to enact a major gun control initiative following a wave of deadly mass shootings.

Hochul, a Democrat, signed 10 public safety-related bills, including one that will require microstamping in new firearms, which could help law enforcement solve gun-related crimes.

Another revised the state’s “red flag” law, which allows courts to temporarily take away guns from people who might be a threat to themselves or others.

“In New York, we are taking bold, strong action. We’re tightening red flag laws to keep guns away from dangerous people,” Hochul said at a press conference in the Bronx.

New York’s Legislature passed the bills last week, pushing the changes through after a pair of mass shootings involving 18-year-old gunmen using semiautomatic rifles. Ten Black people died in a racist attack on a Buffalo supermarket May 14. A Texas school shooting took the lives of 19 children and two teachers 10 days later.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed a package of gun bills into law that raise the age to buy semi-automatic weapons from 18 to 21, require anyone buying a semi-automatic rifle to get a licensed, and strengthen the state's reg flag laws.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 7, 2022

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed sweeping gun reform bills to ban anyone under the age of 21 from buying or possessing a semi-automatic rifle and criminalizing those who make mass threats. https://t.co/pcN948Zyxc

— ABC News (@ABC) June 6, 2022

CNBC covered the story too:

New Yorkers under age 21 will be prohibited from buying semiautomatic rifles under a new law signed Monday by Gov. Kathy Hochul, making the state one of the first to enact a major gun control initiative following a wave of deadly mass shootings.

Hochul, a Democrat, signed 10 gun-related bills, including one that will require microstamping in new firearms, which could help law enforcement solve gun-related crimes.

Another revised the state’s “red flag” law, which allows courts to temporarily take away guns from people who might be a threat to themselves or others.

“In New York, we are taking bold, strong action. We’re tightening red flag laws to keep guns away from dangerous people,” Hochul said at a press conference in the Bronx.