Posted on 04/04/2013 7:43:30 AM PDT by EXCH54FE
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Gov. Dannel P. Malloy was expected to sign a wide-ranging bill that includes sweeping new restrictions on weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines, a response to last year's deadly school shooting in Newtown.
The bill passed 26-10 in the Senate and 105-44 in the House. Both were bipartisan votes.
Malloy's office said he would sign the legislation at noon Thursday during a ceremony at the state Capitol.
"I pray today's bill - the most far-reaching gun safety legislation in the country - will prevent other families from ever experiencing the dreadful loss that the 26 Sandy Hook families have felt," said House Majority Leader Joe Aresimowicz, D-Berlin, referring to the families of the 20 first graders and six educators killed Dec. 14 inside Sandy Hook Elementary School.
The December massacre, which reignited a national debate on gun control, set the stage for changes in the state that may have been impossible elsewhere: The governor, who personally informed parents that their children had been killed that day, championed the cause, and legislative leaders, keenly aware of the attention on the state, struck a bipartisan agreement they want to serve as a national model.
The legislation adds more than 100 firearms to the state's assault weapons ban and creates what officials have called the nation's first dangerous weapon offender registry as well as eligibility rules for buying ammunition.
Connecticut will join states including California, New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts in having the country's strongest gun control laws, said Brian Malte, director of mobilization for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence in Washington.
"This would put Connecticut right at the top or near the top of the states with the strongest gun laws," Malte said.
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The residents of the state had better be ready to cover the cost of lawsuits filed to stop this abomination.
And this is going to prevent street crime and home invasions in what way exactly?
... and we can curb drunk driving incidents by making it more difficult for sober people to obtain cars.
All of these low tier public servants are busy trying to out “tough” one another with their anti-Second Amendment people control bills.
And criminals are going....Oh no...Now what do we do??
Their income will grow from a snowflake to a snowball the size of Everest.
Well Gov., now that all the felons know you’re doing this, I’m sure they are overjoyed.
Yes, we are watching you trash the constitution.
This is what happens when the communists Democrats take control. These jackass will find that this State will be one of the poorest States to live in because communists always fail in the long run.
how many manufacturers will not leave?
who are the “BIG” makers in CT?
Does CT have a way to recall politicians?
Any gang banger in NYC knows CT is the place to go to rob unarmed rich people.
This is about taking guns from law abiding citizens, it has nothing to do with safety. Unless of course you are afraid of law abiding citizens for some reason.
As usual, no facts....just feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelings.
And when another Newtown happens, and it will, these idiots will say they didn't go far enough.
My state is now The Unconstitution State.
You had better believe we are!
Further fueled by the realization that more than HALF of the legislators NEVER READ THE BILL!
I am rich? Well all right! :-)
Yes, you're on the list all righty.
This will not prevent other crazy individuals from mass murders. It will happen again. All the hype about these mass murders will give copycat fools an excuse to do it and gain their 15 minutes of “fame.”
Too many people have a set of “moral values” that allows them to murder other people. THIS is the problem. Liberalism believes there is no right or wrong, no free will, no individual responsibility. THIS is the cause.
So, the governor is going to give up his armed security, right? Oh wait... never mind.
My understanding is that this bill never went through the committee system or mark up by house/senate.
How did this happen ?
Too many people have a set of “moral values” that allows them to murder other people. THIS is the problem. Liberalism believes there is no right or wrong, no free will, no individual responsibility. THIS is the cause.
Murder is actually very nearly the least of it, I want the USA back. Murderers kill small numbers of us from time to time. Statists have eviscerated the American constitutional republic in all but name, and are working day and night to leave hundreds of millions of citizens defenseless against state predators.
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