The policy gained some further recognition, after the state of Virginia enacted similar legislation in 1993 (which was repealed in 2012[2][3]).
At the time, it was claimed that 40% of the guns used in crime in New York City could be traced back to the state of Virginia.
[5] As of 2012, New York City, the District of Columbia, California, Maryland, and New Jersey had one-handgun-a-month laws.
[6] In March 2024, a federal district judge ruled the California law unconstitutional, under the precedent of the Supreme Court's 2020 Bruen decision.
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