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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"[T]he right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
I have a relative with crippling arthritis whose hand is deformed. A pistol grip gun must be used. I see a great law suit that this law dicriminated against the disabled by basically outlawing the 2nd amendment rights.
“Connecticut will join states including California, New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts”
The new Warsaw Pact!
Correct. The used the ECert process to bypass the committee an public hearings, just like Cuomo. The house tried to force a vote on each section, rather then the whole bill.
Never thought of that.
It's Ct. It's just that simple. They also used some Emergency something or other clause that "allowed" them to meet behind closed doors, never have ANY public debate and pass this crap.
A friend of mine was at a gun store in Norwalk, CT at 12:15 today when it became law. He said the went to all the gun cases & removed all the guns that had 10+ mags and took them in the back. They're illegal now.
To say its a sad day is an understatement.
Well it will stop law abiding people from breaking into your home, your office, or your schools and killing a bunch of people. /sarc
That is how all important bills are passed now, there is no time for committees or mark ups. It must be passsed now, usually late at night to limit public comment. That is how Obamacare passed and that is how they would like to do amnesty.
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