USA Today:
“In the six months since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings,
lawmakers in four key states have approved significant restrictions on
access to firearms. But elsewhere in the USA, the picture is far from
clear. A USA Today analysis of the 86 state gun laws passed since Dec.
14 shows that states have both tightened and loosened access to guns.
Lawmakers in many states used the spotlight the shootings created to
broaden both who can carry a gun and where they can carry it. States
including Colorado and Maryland tightened access to guns, Arkansas and
Mississippi eased restrictions, and many other states issued rules whose
impact could be debated either way.”
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