New York enacts new gun restrictions in response to supreme court decision

After court overturned 1911 New York law, state lawmakers produced act to create gun-free zones' and strengthen gun control measures

After a federal judge said New York could implement gun restrictions passed after the US supreme court struck down a century-old law, the state attorney general saluted a victory in our efforts to protect New Yorkers".

Responsible gun control measures save lives and any attempts by the gun lobby to tear down New York's sensible gun control laws will be met with fierce defense of the law," Letitia James said on Wednesday night.