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New Yorkers head to the polls to vote in first primary of 2022

Voters from Brooklyn to Buffalo and from Queens to Kingston came out to the polls in short supply Tuesday to decide who’ll run in this November’s general election — a contest that will ultimately determine who is New York State’s governor.

Tribune News Service · Jun 29, 2022

Gun control: What is in the new bipartisan firearms legislation passed by the Senate?

Breakthrough bill drafted after Buffalo and Uvalde atrocities voted through upper chamber 65-33

The Independent UK · Jun 24, 2022

Commentary: Forget history. Forget safety. The Supreme Court prizes unfettered gun rights above all else

After the recent mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, and so many other places, it is deeply distressing that the Supreme Court on Thursday dramatically expanded gun rights and limited the ability of the government to prevent gun violence.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 24, 2022

Senate gun legislation accord reached by bipartisan negotiators

WASHINGTON — Bipartisan negotiators in the Senate have reached an agreement on gun-regulation legislation forged after mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York.

Tribune News Service · Jun 21, 2022

New York’s new body armour law mocked for failing to include vest worn by Buffalo shooter

Military-style armoured plate carriers are still legal under the new law

The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2022

New body armor rules in New York miss the vest worn by the Buffalo killer

Vests carrying steel, ceramic or polyethylene plates, which can potentially stop rifle rounds, aren't explicitly covered by the New York state legislation.

WEKU · Jun 20, 2022

New body armor rules in NY miss vest worn by Buffalo killer

A new law barring sales of bullet-resistant vests to most civilians in New York doesn't cover the type of armor worn by the gunman who killed 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket

The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2022

Buffalo shooting suspect says his motive was to prevent 'eliminating the white race'

Prosecutors release court documents in suspect Payton Gendron's first appearance in federal court on hate crime charges.

WEKU · Jun 17, 2022

Far-right extremists keep co-opting Norse symbolism – here's why

Payton Gendron, the suspect in the killing of ten people in a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, is the latest far-right extremist to allegedly murder defenceless people in the name of white supremacy. His hate-filled manifesto is full of baffling contradictions, vile stereotypes, unhinged conspiracy theories and, predictably, Norse…

The Conversation · Jun 16, 2022

Buffalo supermarket gunman due in court on hate crime counts

The white man who opened fire on Black people at a Buffalo supermarket, killing 10, is due in federal court, a day after authorities announced hate crime charges that could bring the death penalty

The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2022