Thread: Connecticut reaches deal on tough gun laws after Newtown

Conn. reaches deal on tough gun laws after Newtown

FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2013 file photo, David Wheeler, father of Sandy Hook School shooting victim Benjamin, listens to a legislative hearing of a task force on gun violence and children's safety at Newtown High School in Newtown, Conn. Connecticut lawmakers announced a deal Monday, April 1, 2013 on what they called some of the toughest gun laws in the country that were proposed after the December mass shooting in the state, including a ban on new high-capacity ammunition magazines like the ones used in the massacre that left 20 children and six educators dead.

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:14:34 -0400 HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers announced a deal Monday on what they called some of the toughest gun laws in the country that were proposed after the December mass shooting in the state, including a ban on new high-capacity ammunition magazines like the ones used in the massacre that left 20 children and six educators dead.

The proposal includes new registration requirements for existing magazines that carry 10 or more bullets, something of a disappointment for some family members of Newtown victims who wanted an outright ban on the possession of all high-capacity magazines and traveled to the state Capitol on Monday to ask lawmakers for it.
The package also creates what lawmakers said is the nation's first statewide dangerous weapon offender registry, creates a new "ammunition eligibility certificate," imposes immediate universal background checks for all firearms sales, and extends the state's assault weapons ban to 100 new types of firearms and requires that a weapon have only one of several features in order to be banned.
The newly banned weapons could no longer be bought or sold in Connecticut, and those legally owned already would have to be registered with the state, just like the high-capacity magazines.
"No gun owner will lose their gun," said House Minority Leader Lawrence Cafero Jr., a Norwalk Republican. "No gun owner will lose their magazines."
The bill also addresses mental health and school security measures.
The shooting Dec. 14 at Sandy Hook Elementary School reignited the gun debate in the country and led to calls for increased gun control legislation on the federal and state levels. While some other states, including neighboring New York, have strengthened their gun laws, momentum has stalled in Congress, whose members were urged by President Barack Obama last week not to forget the shooting and to capitalize on the best chance in years to stem gun violence.
Connecticut should be seen as an example for lawmakers elsewhere, said Senate President Donald E. Williams Jr., a Brooklyn Democrat.
"In Connecticut, we've broken the mold," he said. "Democrats and Republicans were able to come to an agreement on a strong, comprehensive bill. That is a message that should resound in 49 other states and in Washington, D.C. And the message is: We can get it done here and they should get it done in their respective states and nationally in Congress."
The proposal was revealed to rank-and-file lawmakers Monday after weeks of bipartisan, closed-door negotiations among legislative leaders. A vote was expected Wednesday in the General Assembly, where Democrats control both chambers, making passage all but assured. The bill would then be sent to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who has helped lead efforts to strengthen the state's gun laws but has not yet signed off on the proposed legislation.
Earlier in the day on Monday, Malloy voiced support for the Newtown families and their desire to ban the possession of large-capacity magazines.
Ron Pinciaro, executive director of Connecticut Against Gun Violence, said his group will live with the lawmakers' decision not to ban them as other states have done. He said the leaders made their decision based on what was politically feasible.
"We have to be satisfied. There are still other things that we want, we'll be back for in later sessions," he said. "But for now, it's a good thing."
Robert Crook, executive director of the Connecticut Coalition of Sportsmen, contended the bill would not have changed what happened at Sandy Hook Elementary School, where the gunman fired off 154 shots with a Bushmaster .223-caliber rifle within five minutes. He went through six 30-round magazines, though half were not completely empty, and police said he had three other 30-round magazines in addition to one in the rifle.
"They can register magazines and do all the rest of this stuff. It isn't going to do anything," he said.
Gun owners, who've packed public hearings at the state Capitol in recent months, voicing their opposition to various gun control measures, are concerned they've been showing up "for virtually nothing" after learning about the bill, Crook said.
"Clearly we've made our point," Crook said. "But I don't know what anybody can do at this point in time."
Six relatives of Newtown victims visited the Capitol on Monday, asking lawmakers to ban existing high-capacity magazines. Some handed out cards with photographs of their slain children.
Allowing magazines that carry 10 or more bullets to remain in the hands of gun owners would leave a gaping loophole in the law, said Mark Barden, whose 7-year-old son, Daniel, was killed in the shooting.
"It doesn't prevent someone from going out of the state to purchase them and then bring them back. There's no way to track when they were purchased, so they can say, 'I had this before,'" Barden said. "So it's a big loophole."
Barden and other victims' family members who visited the statehouse earlier on Monday did not immediately respond to messages seeking their reactions to the agreement.
Jake McGuigan, a spokesman for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, which is based in Newtown, said he wouldn't comment on the proposal until he saw it in the writing, but he questioned the mechanics of a registry for magazines.
"How will they register a magazine? It seems a little weird," he said.
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Associated Press writers Stephen Kalin, Stephen Singer and Michael Melia contributed to this report.

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that's the 5th state that is now banned from my family as a travel destination as well as boycotting goods produced there

Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Colorado
California

If you have a business there we will do all we can to boycott these state's

the 2nd Amendment shall not be Infringed

your state broke from a mutual protection agreement between states and their citizens with the 2nd Amendment

You are now the weak Link and cannot provide Mutual Protection

Under No Circumstances will I and others come to your aid in the time of need

Connecticut lawmakers announced a deal Monday which would include a ban on new high-capacity ammunition magazines like the ones used in the massacre that left 20 children and six educators dead. The proposal includes new registration requirements for existing magazines that carry 10 or more bullets.

The package also creates what lawmakers said is the nation's first statewide dangerous weapon offender registry, creates a new "ammunition eligibility certificate," imposes immediate universal background checks for all firearms sales, and extends the state's assault weapons ban to 100 new types of firearms and requires that a weapon have only one of several features in order to be banned.

The newly banned weapons could no longer be bought or sold in Connecticut, and those legally owned already would have to be registered with the state, just like the high-capacity magazines.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013...#ixzz2PJNKnBMz

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Connecticut: It is your responsibility to elect Representative Government that protects the Constitution including the Bill of Rights. You have failed to do so, as this was a direct attack on the Second Amendment. In doing so I pledge to never come to your aid. You as well of the other states that went rogue are a New Union.

Any business that originates there will be boycotted by my family

All Travel to Connecticut will be banned by my family

Citizens of Connecticut ... do the best you can as others in the blogisphere are noting; your on your own

No Aid will be coming

These States (DEMOCRAT's) Directed an Assault on the

The Constitution
The Bill of Right's

and

The Second Amendment

they ARE Individual States with their OWN Constitution and Law's - as far as I am concerned "You are on your own from this point forward" I will NEVER come to your aid under ANY circumstance

These are vicious attack's on American FREEDOM

They inturn Attacked Lawful Gun Owner's by passing Law's that breached the other states trust

they are the weak link

They are Break Away Republic's

Connecticut
Colorado
New York
New Jersey
California

You are Now the Weak Link

Citizens of the

BRC - Break Away Republic of Connecticut
BRC - Break Away Republic of Colorado
BRNY - Break Away Republic of New York
BRNJ - Break Away Republic of New Jersey
BRC - Break Away Republic of California

Citizen's of States preparing to join the Break Away Republic's

Missouri - - Break Away Republic of Missouri - BRM Pending
Washington State - - Break Away Republic of Washington State - BRW Pending

Stay Free - MOVE To "The GREAT State of TEXAS" or any other State that you think with protect The Constitution, The Bill of Right's and of course The Second Amendment

Texas Proposal Would Make Police Enforcement Of Federal Gun Laws -- A Crime...<--- LINK

Time is short; times are hard... but the key here is where you are at is where you will ride that Monkey with no aid arriving.

Be safe "I'll pray for you" but once again; the safety of you and your family is in your hands

NSSF Statement on Passage of Connecticut Gun Ban Legislation

Published on Thursday, April 04, 2013
Tags:Ammunition Bans|Democrats War on Guns|Gun Bans|National Shooting Sports Foundation|NSSF|Universal Background Checks

Connecticut has Has Fallen!! Only 48 2A States Left




National Shooting Sports Foundation

NEWTOWN, Conn --(Ammoland.com)- The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms and ammunition industry, issued the following statement today:

Gov. Dannel Malloy today signed into law a package of gun-control legislation that was assembled in secret by a small group of state legislators and that never received a public hearing.

Most legislators had little time to even read the actual bill language.

The unfortunate results of this process, which made it appear that all points of view were being heard when in fact true expertise was shut out when it was most needed, means that mistakes in what is now enacted law will have to be corrected.

For example, language in the new law specifies a procedure for licensed firearms retailers to perform mandatory “universal” background checks on private party transactions that is not permissible based on federal law and regulations governing the National Instant Criminal Background Checks (NICS) system.

As we read it, this mistake in lawmaking means that all private party transactions in the state now cannot be accomplished legally.

We share the goal of wanting to make Connecticut safer for our citizens following the unspeakable tragedy at the Sandy Hook Elementary School. In the end, however, public safety has not been enhanced and the unintended consequences of behind-closed-doors lawmaking will cause considerable confusion until the General Assembly corrects its mistakes.

Here is where we stand today. Law-abiding citizens of this state now have greater restrictions on their Second Amendment and state constitutional rights while Connecticut’s firearms manufacturers will be forced to seriously weigh the impact on their businesses and their employees of the state’s double-standard of you can build it here, but not sell it here, public policy formulation.

We will be carefully studying all provisions of the law for possible challenge in the courts.

About NSSF
The National Shooting Sports Foundation is the trade association for the firearms industry. Its mission is to promote, protect and preserve hunting and the shooting sports. Formed in 1961, NSSF has a membership of more than 8,000 manufacturers, distributors, firearms retailers, shooting ranges, sportsmen’s organizations and publishers. For more information, log on to www.nssf.org.



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