Gun laws

On the final day of the state legislative session, the Connecticut Senate has given final approval to a state ban on the future sale of pistols that can be easily modified into submachine guns.

The Connecticut House has advanced a bill that would ban the future sale of pistols that can be easily modified into submachine guns.

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) has reintroduced legislation to expand background checks for gun purchases.

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.