ALERT CENTER: Gov. Hochul is giving an update on today's special legislative session on New York gun control measures.
New York would require people applying for a handgun license to turn over a list of their social media accounts so officials could verify their “character and conduct” under a bill being considered Friday by the state Legislature.
Among the requirements: Applicants would have to show they have “the essential character, temperament and judgement necessary to be entrusted with a weapon and to use it only in a manner that does not endanger oneself and others,” according to the bill. The bill didn't specify whether applicants would be required to provide licensing officers with access to private social media accounts not visible to the general public.
Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, released the text of the legislation early Friday morning as the Legislature continued a special legislative session called with the intent of overhauling its century-old rules for carrying guns in public. People also wouldn't be allowed to carry firearms at a long list of “sensitive places," including New York City's tourist-packed Times Square.
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