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Connecticut law requires gun show organizers to obtain a Gun Show Permit from local authorities prior to the start of the event. Gun Show Permits are issued by the Police Chief (or Town Clerk in some locations) on a May-Issue basis. In 2014, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that dirk knives and police batons are protected by the Second ...
An Act Concerning Gun Violence Prevention and Children's Safety, [3] also known as Public Law 13-3 or Connecticut Senate Bill No. 1160, [1] is a bill concerning gun laws in Connecticut. The legislation was introduced by Senator Donald Williams in the state senate and by House Speaker Brendan Sharkey in the state House of Representatives. [4]
Connecticut’s landmark 2013 gun law, passed in response to the 2012 elementary school shooting in Newtown that claimed 26 lives, is also being contested in court.
A federal judge on Thursday rejected a request to temporarily block Connecticut's landmark 2013 gun control law, passed after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, until a gun rights group's ...
A law requiring background checks for all gun-show sales was favored by 92 percent of Americans and a law banning the sale and possession of high-capacity magazines (defined by the poll as those capable of holding more than 10 rounds) was supported by 62 percent of Americans. A record-high 74 percent opposed a ban on handguns and 51 percent ...
Five GOP-appointed judges are asking the Supreme Court to apply a test created in a gun case to campaign finance law in a ... The court did so under the system of legal analysis it adopted at the ...
New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022), abbreviated NYSRPA v. Bruen and also known as NYSRPA II or Bruen to distinguish it from the 2020 case, is a landmark decision [1] [2] [3] of the United States Supreme Court related to the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution.
In any case, the gun industry in the United States is an anomaly compared to other nations.Overall, the U.S. has an estimated 393.3 million firearms — an average of 120.5 guns per 100 residents.