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Microstamping
introduced in Connecticut - Senate
Bill 607
This past session, CAGV proposed legislation that would
require microstamping on handguns sold at retail in Connecticut
after January 1, 2010. This legislation piggybacks on a
similar bill that passed in California last October. Click
here to read about the CA bill.
CAGV the West Hartford
Police Department hosted a microstamping demonstration on
March 3, 2008. Attending were Judiciary Committee co-chairs
Senator Andrew McDonald (D-Stamford) and Rep. Michael Lawlor
(D-East Haven), and Rep. Bob Godfrey (D-Danbury), along
with press representatives from major media outlets across
the state.
Presenters included
Todd Lizotte, co-inventor of the technology, and Josh Horwitz,
executive director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
and a leader in the effort to get this legislation passed
in California.
Click
here to watch the report by WTNH Channel 8.
The bill had good support
in the Judiciary Committee, but due to the short timetable,
was not taken up for a vote. CAGV will re-introduce the
proposal next year.
Read Public hearing
testimony from CAGV,
CT
Police Chiefs Association, and Capt.
Peter Reichard of the New Haven Police Department.
Read Josh Horwitz's
report
on microstamping.
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Some
recent stories involving criminal use of rifles and shotguns:
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6/24/08 - Norwich man used shotgun
in weekend robbery, police say Norwich- A Norwich
man who police said wielded a shotgun during a robbery
at his own apartment Saturday faces multiple felony
charges. Read more.
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6/9/08 - Hartford Police Seize Firearm,
Arrest Two
Hartford - Police arrested two occupants in a white
van on Park Street in Hartford early this morning and
seized an assault rifle after receiving reports of gunshots
in the area, police said. Read
more.
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6/5/08 - Man Charged In Windsor Locks
Home Invasion
Windsor Locks- Police on Wednesday charged a Suffield
man in connection with an early morning burglary and
shooting on Maple Avenue. Read
more.
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View
News Archives
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Supreme Court Rules
on DC Gun Ban
On June 26, in a decision contrary to
all previous Supreme Court interpretations of the Second
Amendment, the Supreme Court ruled that the amendment gives
individual the right to own firearms. Previously the amendment
had been read to grant the right only when associated with
the effectiveness of a "well-regulated militia." Click
here to read the CAGV Press Release.
Read
the press release of Rep. Michael Lawlor, CT House Co-chair
of the Judiciary committee and a long-time leader on gun
safety legislation.
Read CT coverage of the decision:
Learn more:
Brady
Campaign to Stop Gun Violence
Coalition
to Stop Gun Violence

Dennis Henigan (center), Director
of the Brady Center Legal Action Project, spoke about the
Heller case at a recent CAGV event. With him are (l-r) Rep.
William Tong and Gerald Fox of Stamford, CAGV Development
Chair Sue McCalley, and CAGV Co-executive Directors Lisa
Labella and Ron Pinciaro.
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- Click
here to learn about the Red Flag campaign, sponsored
by the CAGV Education Fund.
- Click here
to view Gun Facts.
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