Gov. Katie Hochul is pushing for executive orders and legislation to fight gun crimes and domestic terrorism after the deadly, racist-rampant mass shooting in Buffalo last weekend.
The package includes an executive order requiring state police to seize weapons under the state red flag law from potentially dangerous people “when they have a reasonable reason to believe a person is a threat to themselves or others,” Hochul said Wednesday afternoon.
Authorities say Peyton Hendron, the alleged supporter of the white race behind the massacre, was subjected to a medical evaluation after making threatening comments at his former high school, but no action was taken to prevent him from buying weapons or confiscating firearms. a weapon he already possesses.
Hochul also turned to online extremism, ordering state police to set up a social media monitoring unit for potential threats from extremists.
Gov. Katie Hochul also ordered Attorney General Leticia James to investigate how Gendron used social media to spread allegations of so-called “replacement theory” that a Democratic conspiracy conspired to replace white Americans with non-white immigrants. Scott Olson / Getty Images Lawyer Benjamin Krump (right) consoles the family of 86-year-old Ruth Whitfield, who was killed in a mass shooting at the Tops market. Getty Images Ten people were killed when alleged gunman Peyton Hendron opened fire. Getty Images Images from a diary kept by Payton Gendron.Silex
The governor also ordered Attorney General Leticia James to investigate how Gendron used social media to spread the so-called “substitution theory,” which claims a group of Democrats conspired to replace white Americans with non-white immigrants.
Hochul – who just hours before the shooting suggested to The Post that her legislative efforts to fight crime had been made for the year – also urged state lawmakers to pass several pieces of legislation.
Payton Gendron is the white race allegedly behind the Buffalo massacre. Erie County District Attorney’s Office through the AP
A bill would require semi-automatic pistols made or sold in New York to include features that will mark micro-stamped munitions after they are fired, which will help law enforcement better investigate gun crimes.
Other legislation will require law enforcement agencies to report within 24 hours on any firearms they find from the crime scene. Hochul is also pushing for a new bill that will expand the definition of firearms to include more weapons.
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