Steve Stafstrom

Rep. Steve Stafstrom (D-Bridgeport) is concerned that the U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear a case challenging Connecticut’s assault weapon ban that followed the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012.

The Connecticut House has voted to make it easier to sue gun makers and dealers when they let their guns fall into the wrong hands.Federal law protects gun makers and dealers from liability when their negligence results in death or injury.

Connecticut’s Judiciary Committee has approved a controversial bill that would quadruple the threshold for what qualifies as unemployment fraud.