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New York's assault weapon registration begins
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Key measures of New York's tough new gun law kicked in Monday, with owners of firearms now reclassified as assault weapons required to start registering the firearms and new limits on the number of bullets allowed in magazines....
Tags: Erie County, Tom King, Politics, Lawyers, Firearms
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New gun registration requirements take effect in New York state
Even as Congress prepares to debate new gun legislation, New York’s tougher gun control provisions became effective on Monday, the latest example of how the issue has broadened into a battle on the state as well as federal level. In the wake of...
Tags: Politics, Firearms, National Rifle Association of America, Newspaper and Magazine, Crime, Law and Justice
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Keeping guns from mentally ill should be common sense
As a recent letter to the editor noted, studies have shown that a gun in the home increases the risk of suicide, murder and accidents ("Arming school employees only raises danger," April 7). As a footnote to all the media coverage about the massacre...
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Wrenching Assignment: Unraveling Newtown
Poynter InstituteYou can’t hide from what happened. You can’t pretend it’s over, because it will never be over. All you can do is try to understand. Courant reporters Alaine Griffin, Josh Kovner and Matthew Kauffman, along with a crew from the PBS...Tags: Journalism, PBS (tv network), Anne Frank, Frontline Limited
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What Need For Secrecy In Newtown Investigation?
Timely information about the Newtown tragedy would answer a horrified public's questions about murders of 27 people Dec. 14. It could also better guide the legislature as it makes policy choices in reaction to the crime. Yet so far, lawmakers, the...
Tags: Judges, Danbury, Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, Justice System
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Nancy Lanza's Will, Which Dates To 1994, Left Estate To Her Sons, Adam And Ryan
The Hartford CourantNancy Lanza, the mother of Newtown shooter Adam Lanza, had nearly $60,000 in bank accounts and a will dating to 1994 that left her estate to Adam and his brother, Ryan Lanza. The five-page will, originally signed in November 1994 when Nancy Lanza and...Tags: FBI, Stamford
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Malloy Signs Gun Control Bill, One Of Strictest In Nation
The Hartford CourantHARTFORD — Flanked by family members of Newtown massacre victims and the legislative leaders who spent months trying to respond to their tragedy, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed a sweeping gun-control bill Thursday whose big provisions — such...Tags: Politics, Firearms, Laws, Dannel P. Malloy , John McKinney
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Why Won't New Weapons-Offender Registry Be Open To Public?
The Hartford CourantConnecticut legislators say a key provision that sets their tough new gun-control law apart from other states' measures is its first-in-the-nation "dangerous weapon offender registry" — which will list the names and addresses of those convicted of...Tags: Prisons, Politics, Safety of Citizens, Firearms, Criminals
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Connecticut Shows Way To Safer Ground On Guns
The Hartford CourantThe Connecticut General Assembly defied the cynics this week, passing the strongest and most comprehensive gun safety law in the country. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who on Dec. 14 personally told the parents of 20 Sandy Hook Elementary School children that...Tags: Politics, National Rifle Association of America, Dannel P. Malloy , Public Officials, Crime, Law and Justice
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Jefferson County Commission rejects resolution calling for 'all reasonable restrictions on sales of firearms'
richardb@herald-mail.comNo Quakers were present Thursday to support their earlier request that the Jefferson County Commission adopt a resolution calling for “all reasonable restrictions on sales of firearms.” The gun-rights side, however, was well-represented,...Tags: Politics, Rentals, Firearms, Dale Manuel, Quakerism
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Connecticut lawmakers approve sweeping new gun law
Lawmakers in Connecticut, the site of the Dec. 14 massacre that renewed a national debate over gun control, passed a bipartisan measure that increases background checks for buyers and bans the sale of semiautomatic rifles like the one used in Newtown&...Tags: Politics, J Brendan Sharkey, Firearms, National Rifle Association of America, Dannel P. Malloy
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Gun Shop Where Newtown Weapon Purchased Loses Firearms License
A gun shop in East Windsor, which sold the weapon used in the Newtown school massacre, has lost its federal license to sell guns. ATF agents raided the Riverview Gun Sales shop a few days after the Dec. 14 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Nancy...Tags: Omar S. Thornton, Politics, Theft, Windsor (Hartford, Connecticut), Firearms
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