Gun laws

Connecticut may allow civil lawsuits against gun makers and dealers if a firearm they sold is used in a crime.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) led a moment of silence on the Senate floor on Thursday for the 30th anniversary of a mass shooting aboard a Long Island Rail Road train.

U.S. Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) have introduced legislation to keep domestic abusers from buying and possessing guns in Connecticut and nationwide.

Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz said the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine is a call to action for Congress and other states to pass strict gun laws similar to Connecticut.

Top provisions include an open carry ban, expanded bans on ghost guns and increased penalties for repeat offenders. It’s the most wide-ranging set of laws passed in Connecticut since the Sandy Hook School shooting.

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.

A proposal from U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York would make it easier for a person to file an extreme risk protection order, better known as a red flag petition.

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont on Tuesday signed the most wide-ranging state gun control bill since a 2013 law passed in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting , sparking an immediate lawsuit by gun rights supporters seeking to block a ban on open carrying and other parts of the new law.

The Connecticut House has approved the state’s toughest gun restrictions since landmark gun laws were enacted following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting 10 years ago.

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.