NY to exempt military-style rifles used in violent TV shows, movies from tougher new gun law
ALBANY, N.Y. – New York wants to make sure running gun battles on the streets of Manhattan can still be seen on the big screen.
State officials say they’ll change the state’s newly toughened gun law so military-style rifles and high-capacity handguns can be used on the sets of TV shows and movies.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislators say Wednesday they’ll exempt the productions from bans they quickly passed in the aftermath of the December Connecticut elementary school massacre.
They must also quickly fix another error that could put police officers carrying high-capacity magazines in violation of the law.
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