Cuomo signs abuser gun ban

JOINED BY House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Florida school shooting survivor Aalayah Eastmond, Gov. Cuomo signed a bill Tuesday to take firearms out of the hands of domestic abusers.

The governor hailed the law as a step toward national “commonsense gun reform,” and said “50% of the women killed with a gun in this country were killed by an intimate partner.” Cuomo (photo) told the approximately 200 politicians and activists at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Midtown the law will require domestic abusers to surrender all types of firearms. He also said he’s pushing to extend the waiting period from three to 10 days for people who aren’t readily approved though the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.

Pelosi said the governor and the state have her full support. “This bill will not only save lives, but it will serve as a model for the rest of the country,” the California Democrat said. Eastmond, a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who hid under the lifeless body of a classmate during the Feb. 14 mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., said, “It’s been 66 days since the shooting at my school, and nothing has changed in Washington.”