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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Buncombe

New York governor says only people over age of 21 should be allowed to buy AR-15s

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The governor of New York – a state still reeling from a mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo that killed ten Black people – has said the age limit for buying the most deadly of weapons should be aged to 21.

Both the teenager who allegedly opened fire at the Tops supermarket in Buffalo, and the alleged shooter in Uvalde, Texas, where he killed 19 students and two teachers, were both aged 18.

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