ALBANY — The state tightened gun restrictions for domestic violence abusers by passing legislation Friday that increases the list of crimes that would prevent someone from purchasing or owning a gun.

Now, if a member of a family or household is convicted of one of more than 10 different crimes — including criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation, menacing and unlawful imprisonment — the conviction is reported to the state Division of Criminal Justice Services, which then allows that agency to report the information to the Federal Bureau of Investigations.

Such information held by the FBI would then be seen during firearm purchase background checks.

Conviction of domestic-related crimes now will also require the loss of a gun license and the surrender of all firearms.

Federal law already bans gun ownership by those convicted in domestic violence cases. But there are gaps in how such people are tracked nationally.

The new state legislation also added the term "rifle or shotgun" to the firearms prohibited, and included a ban on anyone trying to obtain a gun license who is being sought by law enforcement on a warrant for a felony or "serious offense."

Late last year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his intention to tie gun ownership with lesser misdemeanor crimes that are commonly linked with domestic abuse. State law had largely only prohibited weapons possession in felony convictions.

As budget negotiations wound down Friday, the domestic violence gun ban was removed from the spending plans and was voted on separately as a governor's program bill in the state Assembly and Senate.

The governor's office issued a statement Saturday saying that in nine of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history, the shooter had a record of committing or threatening violence against women, or harassing or disparaging women.

Cuomo's office said in 2016, firearms were used in 35 domestic homicides in New York.

Prevent Child Abuse New York, along with the New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the YWCA of NorthEastern NY, had previously asked sheriffs from across the state to sign a letter in support of the proposal.

The legislation was built on bills previously pushed by Assembly member Amy Paulin, Senator Diane Savino and other members of the legislature, the governor's office said.

Such legislation, however, is not a fail safe in keeping weapons out of the hands of those convicted of domestic-related crimes.

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In the case of the Sutherland Springs church mass shooting in Texas last November, the U.S. Air Force acknowledged it should have provided information to the FBI that the shooter was previously convicted by a general court-martial for domestic assault.

The Air Force said the offense was not entered into a national database, which meant he was able to pass background checks to purchase weapons.