霍楚签署两项枪支安全法：弹药购买背景审查与枪支上锁存放
纽约州州长 Kathy Hochul 10月21日晚在纽约州反枪支暴力组织年度晚宴上签署两项枪支安全法案，当天正值17岁少年 Francesco 逝世五周年——他生前接触到一把未妥善存放的猎枪后自杀身亡，以其名字命名的「Francesco 法」由此而来。
第一项法案 A.1962-B/S.9629 要求枪主在不使用枪支时，必须将其锁存在合适的上锁存放容器中，并加重未成年人及无证人员接触未妥善存放枪支时的处罚，填补了此前无儿童或被禁人员家庭可不锁存枪支的法律空白。第二项法案 S.7236/A.7943 强化购买弹药的背景审查，使之与购买枪支的要求对齐，明确依法被禁止持有步枪或猎枪、或受临时及极端风险保护令约束的人员不得购买弹药。
Hochul 表示，保障纽约人安全是其首要任务，此次修法意在让枪支与弹药远离不应持有者。Francesco 的母亲在儿子2021年去世后创立基金会，持续推动安全存放立法。州长办公室称，Hochul 上任以来已投入近40亿美元用于公共安全项目。
Hochul Signs Two Gun Safety Laws on Ammunition Background Checks and Safe Storage
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed two gun safety bills on the evening of October 21 at the annual gala of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence. The signing fell on the fifth anniversary of the death of Francesco, a 17-year-old who took his own life after accessing an improperly stored hunting rifle; the safe-storage law bears his name.
The first measure, A.1962-B/S.9629 — the Francesco Act — requires gun owners to keep firearms in locked containers when not in use and stiffens penalties when minors or unlicensed people access improperly stored guns, closing a gap that had exempted households without children or prohibited persons. The second, S.7236/A.7943, aligns background checks for ammunition purchases with those for firearms, making clear that people barred from possessing rifles or shotguns, or subject to temporary or extreme risk protection orders, may not buy ammunition.
Hochul said keeping New Yorkers safe is her top priority and the changes are meant to keep guns and ammunition away from people who should not have them. Francesco's mother founded a foundation after her son's 2021 death and has championed safe-storage legislation. The governor's office said Hochul has invested nearly $4 billion in public safety since taking office.
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