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Connecticut town residents urge stricter gun control
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — One after another, Newtown residents stepped to the microphone and urged Connecticut lawmakers to stop another tragedy like the deadly shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School and take action, such as banning high-powered,...
Tags: Barack Obama, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Health and Safety at School, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control
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Ruegos apasionados por el mejoramiento de la salud mental durante la audiencia legislativa
El Hartford CourantExpertos pasaron horas explicando las deficiencias en el sistema de salud mental del estado a un equipo de trabajo especial de la Asamblea General el martes, pero fue una madre de la Escuela Elemental Sandy Hook quien los dejó sin palabras. Jennifer...Tags: The Institute of Living, Jesse White
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Is Connecticut legislature going too far on gun bills?
More than 1,000 people came to the state Capitol on Monday for an emotional hearing on guns. Some called for a ban on assault weapons and magazines that can hold large numbers of bullets. Others said such restrictions wouldn’t have stopped Adam...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control, Politics, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Interior Policy
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Newtown Residents Join Thousands In D.C. March Against Gun Violence
The Hartford CourantNewtown residents joined thousands of marchers who rallied in the U.S. capital in favor of gun control on Saturday, including residents of Newtown, Conn., where a mass elementary school shooting reignited the U.S. gun violence debate. The protest,...Tags: Kathleen Turner, Arne Duncan, Washington, DC, U.S. Congress, Politics
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Families With Mental Illness, Disabilities Need Community
The Hartford CourantIn the week following the tragic shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, I attended parent support forums at the Connecticut Children's Medical Center and another in West Hartford's Town Hall, both of which involved a panel of mental health...Tags: Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), West Hartford, Health, Mental Health, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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Gun-Control Group Recommends Toughest Restrictions Yet
The Hartford CourantA gun-control group Tuesday issued the toughest proposals yet for new Connecticut restrictions on firearms after the Dec. 14 Newtown school massacre. The measures include annual renewals of pistol permits, a ban on ammunition magazines holding more than...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Politics, Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), Firearms, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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Post-Newtown Legislative Task Force Begins Work; Malloy Talks Gun Control In White House Visit
The Hartford CourantLegislative leaders pledged bipartisan cooperation and quick action Friday at the first meeting of their new task force on changing state laws and policies on gun control, school security and mental health in response to the Dec. 14 school massacre in...Tags: John McKinney, National Rifle Association of America, Politics, Interior Policy, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Newtown Residents To Launch Lobbying Campaign
The Hartford CourantOne month after the devastating shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, a group of local residents who formed "Newtown United" plan to unveil a national grass-roots initiative aimed at reducing gun violence with the goal of "preventing similar tragedies...Tags: Sandy Hook Promise, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Joe Biden, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control
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Letters: Drawing lines over gun control
Re "'Uphill battle' begins," Jan. 17 Washington and Chicago have some of the strictest anti-gun laws in the nation, and yet they have among the highest murder rates. The 1994 assault weapons ban expired in 2004, and there has been no increase in gun...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, U.S. Supreme Court, Politics, Criminal Laws, Interior Policy
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Sources: East Windsor Gun Shop Sold Guns Used At HDI And In Newtown
The Hartford Courant— The guns used in the last two mass murders in Connecticut were purchased at same East Windsor gun shop. Records show that Omar Thornton, who killed eight people and himself at Hartford Distributors Inc. in 2010, purchased both the Glock and...Tags: Theft, Omar S. Thornton, Health and Safety at School, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Prospect
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Legislative Task Force Leaders: No Pressure To Keep Up With N.Y. In Passing Post-Newtown Gun Restrictions
The Hartford CourantGeneral Assembly leaders, in announcing Tuesday the formation of a task force on the Newtown massacre, said they want to pass a major legislative response by the end of February but denied feeling pressured by New York state lawmakers' having already...Tags: John McKinney, National Rifle Association of America, Andrew Cuomo, Politics, Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut)
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Newtown Schools Chief Tells Washington Hearing About Fateful Day
The Hartford CourantNewtown schools Superintendent Janet Robinson on Wednesday told U.S. House Democratic leaders about the horrors of the Dec. 14 shooting and ended by sharing a fourth-grader's letter to House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi asking for a change in gun laws....Tags: Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Teaching and Learning, U.S. Congress, Politics
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