Ghost Guns

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong shut down Utah-based AR Industries, the third out of four ghost gun dealers to be sued by the state.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat of New York reintroduced legislation to ban ghost guns on the same day the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a similar law.

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong has filed a lawsuit against ghost gun manufacturers. Selling gun parts to anyone without a proper license is illegal in Connecticut.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday said the U.S. “should have societal guilt” for the slow pace of action on restricting access to firearms as he marked 10 years since the the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

New York State Attorney General Letitia James sent cease and desist orders to six Long Island gun sellers. She said they are illegally selling or advertising ghost guns.

Connecticut was the first state to pass a red flag law in 1999, after a shooting at the state lottery headquarters in Newington. This month an expansion of that law goes into effect. WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with Connecticut State Rep. Steve Stafstrom, who co-chairs the state Judiciary Committee.

Connecticut gun violence prevention advocates joined Governor Ned Lamont in demanding Republicans in the U.S. Senate to allow for voting on federal gun regulations. The Senate has not taken action on this issue for years.

39-year-old Steven Gerent-Mastrianni was allegedly manufacturing and trafficking illegal weapons, according to Connecticut State Police.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a law that bans untraceable firearms known as “ghost guns” in an effort to combat the state’s gun violence emergency.

The New Haven Police Department has seized nine so-called ghost guns this year, which is almost three times the number seized by this time a year ago.