gun safety

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.

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

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has signed a bill to strengthen the state’s gun violence prevention measures.

Research on gun violence prevention, funded by $125 million from the federal government since 2020, could end if the Trump administration and Republicans cut Medicaid funding in upcoming budget negotiations, according to U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT).

Open carry is already banned in Connecticut, but the state’s U.S. senators want to ban it from all polling locations and places where election workers are doing their jobs.

Oct. 1 marks the first anniversary of Connecticut’s prohibition of the open carry of guns and the bulk purchase of firearms. State Senate Democrats want to make the law a campaign issue in this November’s election.

In the wake of the Apalachee High School shooting in Georgia, Connecticut lawmakers and gun safety advocacy groups remind gun owners to safely store their guns in their homes.

In one recent case, police failed to use CT's red flag law to take a disturbed man's guns. Within days, he killed his girlfriend and himself.

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 Governor Ned Lamont marked the 30th anniversary of the state's assault weapons ban by urging lawmakers to strengthen the law.