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April 5, 2013

Connecticut Gov. Signs New Gun-Control Law 
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Connecticut has enacted its new gun-control law nearly four months after
the shooting massacre at Newtown's Sandy Hook Elementary School. The
measure requires universal background checks for all gun sales,
increases gun registration, expands the state's ban on assault weapons,
and outlaws any new sales of magazines with more than 10 bullets. At the
signing ceremony on Thursday, Governor Dannel Malloy called the law a
model for stalled gun-control efforts at the federal level.

Gov. Dannel Malloy: "We have come together in a way that relatively few
places in our nation have demonstrated an ability to do. In some senses,
I hope that this is an example to the rest of the nation, certainly to
our leaders in Washington, who seem so deeply divided about an issue,
such as universal background checks, where the country is not divided
itself."

President Obama is due to visit Connecticut on Monday as part of his
efforts to drum up public support for gun control nationwide.

 

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