Connecticut gun laws among the toughest in the U.S.

eveningsun.com ^ | 14 December, 2012 | Ryan Teague Beckwith

[marktwain]

Supporters and opponents alike of gun control will point to this fact in the coming days: Connecticut already has some of the toughest restrictions on gun laws in the United States.

For gun control supporters, the shooting at a Newtown elementary school will be one more piece of evidence that even stronger laws are needed, including at the national level.

“We have some of the strongest gun laws in the United States, but if you don’t have strong federal gun laws, that makes it that much more difficult,” said Ron Pinciaro, executive director of Connecticut Against Gun Violence.

But advocates for gun owners and sportsmen say that shows that the law can only do so much.

[Psalm 73]

“You have less than 1 second to decide.”

My point exactly - no guns meant they were all defenseless until the police showed up - 10 minutes later!

We home-school - so my daughter’s teachers are armed - muzzle velocity of a .357 Magnum versus 10 minutes for a cop to show up.

[trebb]

Strong gun laws always tip the scale to the advantage of the bad guys.

[ebshumidors]

It’s still the law. Google USC unorganized militia.

[piytar]

That should be put on a Tshirt and put in the FR store. Or at least on zazzle.com

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks marktwain et al for your untiring work. Digest of links follows:

• Liberals are responsible for this tragedy
• Gunman had "altercation" with school staff day before masssacre
• Gunman's mother owned weapons used in Connecticut school massacre
• CT School Shooting: Nancy Lanza Reportedly Owned Guns Used In Sandy Hook Murders

Really Big Assholes:

• Dem. lawmaker: To get gun control, Obama must exploit shooting
• Bloomberg: Obama Must Take 'Immediate Action' Against Guns
• School slaughter triggers push for gun control
• Cuomo: We Must Crack Down on the Guns in Wake of Connecticut Shooting
• Dem. lawmaker: To get gun control, Obama must exploit shooting
• Bloomberg jabs Obama's call for 'meaningful action'
• Obama promises 'meaningful action' after Newtown school shooting (Obama's Reichstag Fire?)
• Left Mobilizes to Politicize School Shooting
• McCarthy: I will embarrass Obama on gun control

Muzzies For Children's Safety:

• Chino mosque leader conveys sympathy to Connecticut families, urges gun control
• Gun-Control Battle Looms in Light of Connecticut Massacre
• In wake of shooting, Ellison calls for greater gun control laws

Partisan Media Shills:

• Celebrities Demand Gun Control on Twitter: Stop Defending Your Right to Bear Arms. You're Stupid
• Willie Nelson: "A lot of guns...there's no need for civilians to own those...those are for military"
• Bob Costas Sounds Off on Zimmerman Case, Ignoring Suit Against Sportscaster's Network
• Nugent: Bob Costas is dead wrong
• Gutfeld Rips Costas With Story About Guns Saving Lives
• Media Discussion of my pieces on Bob Costas (John Lott)

It's not about Guns, it's about Control:

• Why We Win (Second Amendment)
• Comparing accidental gun deaths from TVs and Furniture and guns
• Why most Americans don't go along with the calls for gun control
• Rampage Shootings: It's the Moral Decay of Society, not Guns

relevant sidebars:

• <Flashback>1927 Bath Michigan School Massacre....38 children killed (no guns used)
• Protecting Our Rights to Protect Our Children
• Mass Killings Stopped by Armed Citizens
• Do Civilians Armed With Guns Ever Capture, Kill, or Otherwise Stop Mass Shooters?
• The Only Way to Stop a Gun is With a Gun
• THE ONLY WAY TO STOP A MAN WITH A GUN IS WITH A GUN
• We need to Petition for Armed Responsible Adults in Schools, as Israel did to stop school shootings
• THE UNABRIDGED SECOND AMENDMENT
• Swiss Gun Murders Lower Than Reported
• Guns Prevented Crimes 2012