{"id":1943569,"date":"2023-06-03T15:19:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T19:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/governor-set-to-sign-sweeping-firearm-legislation-to-modernize-gun-laws\/"},"modified":"2023-06-03T15:20:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T19:20:19","slug":"governor-set-to-sign-sweeping-firearm-legislation-to-modernize-gun-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/governor-set-to-sign-sweeping-firearm-legislation-to-modernize-gun-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor to sign new gun laws to modernize firearm regulations."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgovernor-set-to-sign-sweeping-firearm-legislation-to-modernize-gun-laws%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1943569&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Connecticut Governor to Sign Sweeping Gun Legislation<\/h2>\n<p>A slate of gun-control measures is headed to Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont&#8217;s desk after an all-night state Senate debate and early morning vote. This is the state&#8217;s most wide-ranging gun legislation since the laws that followed the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The overwhelming majority of Connecticut residents support the changes. They want to live in a community that has common-sense measures that encourage gun safety and prevent harm from impacting our neighborhoods and homes,&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lamont, a Democrat, plans to sign the measure. He said in a statement that the legislation would &#8220;modernize our firearm safety laws in a smart and strategic way to help prevent tragedy from happening.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>What the Changes Entail<\/h3>\n<p>Among other things, the changes would:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ban openly carrying firearms<\/li>\n<li>Prohibit selling more than three handguns within 30 days to any one person, with some exceptions for instructors and others<\/li>\n<li>Expand Connecticut&#8217;s assault weapon ban to include some other similar weapons<\/li>\n<li>Stiffen penalties for possession of large-capacity magazines<\/li>\n<li>Expand safe-storage rules to more settings<\/li>\n<li>Add some domestic violence crimes to the list of disqualifications for having a gun<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The measure passed the Senate 24-11 following a 96-51 House vote last week. Democrats control both chambers in the state.<\/p>\n<h3>Record Pace of Mass Killings in the US<\/h3>\n<p>The measure comes as mass killings occur at a record pace in the United States. Nearly half the states have passed legislation addressing guns or school safety this year, but the measures differ sharply depending on legislatures&#8217; partisan makeup.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic-led states have enacted new laws to restrict semiautomatic weapons and expand background checks and waiting periods to buy guns. Republican-controlled states have backed the right to carry concealed guns without permits or for trained staffers to bring guns to school.<\/p>\n<p>In Connecticut, Republican lawmakers have complained that majority Democrats are punishing law-abiding gun owners, not targeting criminals who commit gun violence. However, Lamont maintained that &#8220;the overwhelming majority of Connecticut residents&#8221; support the changes.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-six people \u2014 20 students and six adults \u2014 died in the Sandy Hook mass school shooting on Dec. 14, 2012.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-connecticut-governor-poised-sign-states-sweeping-gun-measure-since-post-sandy-hook-laws\/\">Governor Set to Sign Sweeping Firearm Legislation to &#8216;Modernize&#8217; Gun Laws<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connecticut&#8217;s most comprehensive gun legislation since the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting is set to be signed by Governor Ned Lamont. 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