BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing tougher gun control measures, from requiring gun owners to buy liability insurance to setting tighter standards for firearms licenses.

Although the push for new gun legislation comes in the wake of the school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, those pushing for tighter rules say they’re motivated more by the gun deaths that occur in Massachusetts on a routine basis.

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