The new law expanded the ban on automatic weapons and big ammunition magazines and requires background checks for private gun sales, changes that are an improvement to public safety. (nytimes.com)
It also bans high - capacity magazines, requires federal background checks on private gun sales and imposes felony penalties for illegal gun possession. (nypost.com)
In her op - ed, one thing state Rep. Katie Edwards - Walpole points out that is not in Senate plans is «a constitutional amendment that allowed individual counties to close the gun show loophole, the loophole which allows private gun sales to take place at gun shows without a background check.» (sun-sentinel.com)