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Continued from Front about crime prevention. I its on both bullet capaci-
Should people younger think that’s more true to- ties and the purchase of
than 21 be prohibited from day than ever before,” semi-automatic weapons.
buying semi-automatic said Democratic Gov. Ned He rallied Friday with gun-
guns? Should ammunition Lamont of Connecticut, control advocates in Phila-
magazines be limited to no where 20 students and six delphia while denouncing
more than 10 bullets? adults were killed at Sandy his state’s Republican-led
Many Democratic gover- Hook Elementary School a Legislature for not passing
nors said “yes.” decade ago. his gun proposals.
“If you’re not serious about Pennsylvania Gov. Tom “They would rather cave in
guns, you’re not serious Wolf said he supports lim- cravenly to the gun manu-

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks during the Leadership
Forum at the National Rifle Association Annual Meeting at the
George R. Brown Convention Center Friday, May 27, 2022, in
Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)

facturing lobby than pass said he would not endorse
commonsense legislation such gun-control propos-
that would keep children als, because he believes
from dying,” Wolf said. they have no chance of
Among Republican gover- passing in the state’s GOP-
nors who responded to the led Legislature. DeWine, a
AP, only Vermont Gov. Phil Republican, instead pro-
Scott expressed support for posed spending “a signifi-
such gun control efforts. cant amount of money”
Scott signed a law in 2018 on efforts to ensure schools
limiting the capacity of fire- are protected against po-
arm magazines and rais- tential attacks. He didn’t
ing the general age to buy outline exactly what that
guns to 21, with exceptions security would entail.
for 18- to 20-year-olds who Republican governors
undergo a firearms safety were more likely to support
course. efforts to strengthen securi-
Other Republican gover- ty at schools. The AP asked
nors either sidestepped the about proposals to arm
AP’s questions about spe- teachers and staff with fire-
cific gun-control measures arms, add security guards
or said they opposed them. or secure schools with such
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy things as metal detectors
was a firm “no” on setting and fencing. Though her
bullet limits or age restric- office didn’t respond to
tions that could infringe on the AP’s survey, Republi-
constitutional rights. can Gov. Kristi Noem of
“Stricter gun laws are not South Dakota denounced
a solution to this problem calls for gun-control as
– we must focus our atten- “garbage” and embraced
tion on the status of mental greater school security
health in our communities,” measures during a speech
Dunleavy’s office said in Friday to the National Rifle
email. Association convention in
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine Houston.q