In Wake of Florida Massacre, Gun Control Advocates Look to Connecticut

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In Wake of Florida Massacre, Gun Control Advocates Look to Connecticut
At a news conference in April 2013, on the day lawmakers announced an agreement on gun control, Nicole Hockley, whose son, Dylan, died at Sandy Hook, said: “We ask ourselves
every day — every minute — if those magazines had held 10 rounds, forcing the shooter to reload at least six more times, would our children be alive today?”
Connecticut’s sweeping gun laws did, however, require residents who already owned high-capacity magazines
and assault rifles to register them with the State Police.
The Giffords Center, which keeps a state-by-state report card, gave Connecticut an A-minus for its gun laws
— the same grade given to New York, which moved even more swiftly after Sandy Hook to pass stricter laws.
Analyses by the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence show that, with few exceptions, states with the strictest gun-control measures, including California, Connecticut, New Jersey
and New York, have the lowest rates of gun deaths, while those with the most lax laws like Alabama, Alaska and Louisiana, have the highest.
States like Connecticut can help shame Congress into adopting common-sense measures that keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people.”
State officials say Connecticut has experienced the fastest drop in violent crime of any state over the last four years.
The New York law not only bans the sale of assault weapons
and imposes universal background checks, it also prohibits both the sale — and possession — of magazines with a capacity of more than 10 rounds.

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