Gun Control Legislation Is Expected To Pass Quickly Today

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

With Connecticut lawmakers expected to pass gun control legislation today, April 3, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has indicated he'll sign the reforms, gun sales in the state are spiking and opponents of gun control are vowing they'll challenge the new laws.

President Obama, meanwhile, has scheduled a visit to the campus of the University of Hartford in West Hartford on Monday to push again for national gun control laws.

Connecticut's General Assembly is expected today to pass the measures, hammered out by a bipartisan task force on gun violence and school security following the shootings in Newtown on Dec. 14 that killed 20 children and six women at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

The proposals include a ban on high capacity gun magazine and assault-style weapons, as well as the creation of a registry for gunowners. The state Senate is expected to debate the measures at 11 a.m., today and then pass them. Gov. Malloy said he will sign the proposals into law on Thursday and they will take effect immediately, the Hartford Courant reports.

News of the vote on gun control is already sparking reaction across the state. At Hoffman's Gun Shop in Newington there was a line of 50 people yesterday at the store trying to buy weapons in advance of the new laws,Bloomberg News reports.

While gun lobbyists are admitting they don't have the votes to defeat the proposals, they have vowed to be at the Capitol today anyway to voice their opposition. Other gun lobbyists are promising to mount a legal challenge once the laws are passed, according to the blog Capitol Watch.

Malloy on Wednesday said the nation's eyes are on Connecticut and the state needs to set a national example on gun control.

"This is a good moment," the Connecticut Mirror quotes Malloy. "We have a bipartisan package that moves the ball down the field quite a distance. I think it's already being heralded as a demonstration to the rest of the country of what can be done when people work together and put aside some of their differences."

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Edited April 3, 2013 by the maven

[Karee 4,190]

With Connecticut lawmakers expected to pass gun control legislation today, April 3, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has indicated he'll sign the reforms, gun sales in the state are spiking and opponents of gun control are vowing they'll challenge the new laws.

President Obama, meanwhile, has scheduled a visit to the campus of the University of Hartford in West Hartford on Monday to push again for national gun control laws.

Connecticut's General Assembly is expected today to pass the measures, hammered out by a bipartisan task force on gun violence and school security following the shootings in Newtown on Dec. 14 that killed 20 children and six women at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

The proposals include a ban on high capacity gun magazine and assault-style weapons, as well as the creation of a registry for gunowners. The state Senate is expected to debate the measures at 11 a.m., toda yand then pass them. Gov. Malloy said he will sign the proposals into law on Thursday and they will take effect immediately, the Hartford Courant reports.

News of the vote on gun control is already sparking reaction across the state. At Hoffman's Gun Shop in Newington there was a line of 50 people yesterday at the store trying to buy weapons in advance of the new laws,Bloomberg News reports.

While gun lobbyists are admitting they don't have the votes to defeat the proposals, they have vowed to be at the Capitol today anyway to voice their opposition. Other gun lobbyists are promising to mount a legal challenge once the laws are passed, according to the blog Capitol Watch.

Malloy on Wednesday said the nation's eyes are on Connecticut and the state needs to set a national example on gun control.

"This is a good moment," the Connecticut Mirror quotes Malloy. "We have a bipartisan package that moves the ball down the field quite a distance. I think it's already being heralded as a demonstration to the rest of the country of what can be done when people work together and put aside some of their differences."

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What a waste of time. I guess it makes them feel like they're making a difference.

[Darnell 8,478]

The Kenyan is in Colorado today, also, helping the lobbying effort there.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

It did indeed pass.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/04/us/connecticut-gun-law-overhaul/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

It did indeed pass.

http://www.cnn.com/2....html?hpt=hp_t2

I look forward to going home to visit under the new regime. I expect it will be just like Chicago, with the good guys cowering in the corner while the bad guys shoot everyone in the face. Good times.

[Karee 4,190]

I look forward to going home to visit under the new regime. I expect it will be just like Chicago, with the good guys cowering in the corner while the bad guys shoot everyone in the face. Good times.

I doubt you'll notice any difference at all, since the law really doesn't do anything.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I doubt you'll notice any difference at all, since the law really doesn't do anything.

How do you mount a legal challenge against a law that really doesn't do anything? The gun nuts are promising to mount legal challenges. Against what, I wonder?

[JohnR! 5,495]

I look forward to going home to visit under the new regime. I expect it will be just like Chicago, with the good guys cowering in the corner while the bad guys shoot everyone in the face. Good times.

You should be safe, unless the weather turns warmer. If it hits 60 degrees you should run for your life and buy ammo. Lots of ammo.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

How do you mount a legal challenge against a law that really doesn't do anything? The gun nuts are promising to mount legal challenges. Against what, I wonder?

Against FREEDOM.

[Karee 4,190]

How do you mount a legal challenge against a law that really doesn't do anything? The gun nuts are promising to mount legal challenges. Against what, I wonder?

Probably to stop the law from becoming introduced in other states. If this one gets shot down on a legal challenge, the other states probably wont bother.

Connecticut is ~5500 sq. miles. Anyone with a car and a half tank of gas, can drive to wherever to circumvent this law.

ETA:

It's like making Connecticut a dry state and saying people wont possess alcohol there.

Edited April 4, 2013 by Karee

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

You should be safe, unless the weather turns warmer. If it hits 60 degrees you should run for your life and buy ammo. Lots of ammo.

Wherever it's green and leafy, amidst the dark pines and near the cool waters of the shaded brook, in the quiet lanes and bosky dells of my home, that where the thugs go wilding, yo.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Wherever it's green and leafy, amidst the dark pines and near the cool waters of the shaded brook, in the quiet lanes and bosky dells of my home, that where the thugs go wilding, yo.

How so very Joanna Baillie of you!

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Against FREEDOM.

They want to litigate against Freedom?

[Penny Lane 8,159]

They want to litigate against Freedom?

I meant for freedom. I was stuffing my face at the time and wasn't paying attention. Shut it.

[JohnR! 5,495]

I meant for freedom. I was stuffing my face at the time and wasn't paying attention. Shut it.

Please, put the cupcake down and step away from it, slowly.

Edited April 4, 2013 by Gegel