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It also includes an expansion of the existing assault weapons ban, requires background checks on all firearms sales and sets up a registry of weapons offenders.

If the police and prosecutors cannot enforce the existing assault laws in his case, Thomas reasoned, will they really pursue cases of illegal sitting?

New York's existing assault weapons ban was approved in the aftermath of another mass shooting, at Columbine High School in 1999.

Mr. Cuomo had already stirred up anxiety among gun rights groups by saying in a radio interview in December that "confiscation could be an option" for existing assault weapons.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the core provisions of both statutes, including the requirements that existing assault weapons be registered with the state and the ban on the sale, transport or possession of non-registered assault weapons.

The package of bills include restrictions on the sale of high-capacity magazines, expanding the number of weapons covered under the state's existing assault weapons band, extending background checks, limiting gun sales to people with mental illness and requiring gun owners to register weapons with high-capacity magazines.

Only Democrats called for expanding the existing assault-weapons ban to cover a broader array of weapons and for a ban on magazines holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition.

Mr. Malloy further recommended strengthening the state's existing ban on assault weapons to include any semiautomatic with at least one military feature.

The new laws broaden an existing ban on assault weapons and reduce the permissible size of gun magazines to 7 rounds, from 10.

The measure expanded the existing ban on assault weapons and limited magazine clips to 7 rounds of ammunition instead of 10.

It would require new state-issued eligibility certificates for the purchase of any rifle, shotgun or ammunition; mandate that offenders convicted of any of more than 40 weapons offenses register with the state; require universal background checks for the sale of all firearms; and substantially expand the state's existing ban on assault weapons.