Collectively, the State Senate and Assembly passed 20 bills within a 24-hour period Monday and Tuesday, touching on everything from placing armed guards in schools across the state to banning the possession of bump stocks, which allow semiautomatic rifles to fire almost as fast as machine guns. But the approach of each chamber’s legislation left little hope for common ground, with the Republican-led Senate emphasizing security and school safety, and the Democrat-dominated Assembly pushing to strengthen background checks, seize guns from dangerous individuals and prevent domestic abusers from obtaining weapons.
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