Christopher Mathias, Huffington Post
The state of New York has finally taken initiative and passed gun laws before any other state or even the country as a whole.They enacted the toughest gun restrictions on January 14, 2013. These restrictions are primarily a reaction to the Connecticut school massacre. It expanded assault weapon ban and background checks for buying ammunition which now only come in magazines of seven rounds. In addition to these extensions, an approximated one million people who own legal semi-automatic rifles will be allowed to keep them but have a year to report them to the proper authorities. The sale of any more semi-automatic rifles is now prohibited. New York has lead the way into a path that should have arguably been followed a long time ago. The question whether these laws will actually make people safer, the extremity of the laws, and the infringement on second amendment rights still come up even though the amendment is very carefully protected. The set of restriction are simply for precautionary measure so that more school shootings do not occur in the near future. Any individual who buys large amounts of ammunition will be flagged by the system and immediately reported to the police department. Hopefully the rest of the country will also take these precautions because the last thing we want to witness is another cold blooded school massacre. It is true that if one has decided by free will to go and fire bullets at anyone in their sight, the damage will be devastating no matter how strict the weapon restrictions are, however by passing these laws, we can take precautionary measures and foresee a potential threat as well as limit the casualties to an absolute minimum.
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