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State and federal authorities have unsealed an indictment charging six Connecticut men with gang-related activity. The gang, called Exit-8, is located in New Haven.
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The Second Chance Program, which provided carpentry classes to formerly incarcerated individuals, was one of multiple initiatives that received a grant from the state as part of Project Longevity, which aims to reduce gun violence in Bridgeport, Hartford and New Haven.
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Northwell Health held its fourth annual gun violence prevention forum on Tuesday. It brought together 50 hospital executives from across the country who brainstormed ways to stop gun violence.
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Young activists in New Haven are exploring ways to end gun violence in their community — by performing the plays of William Shakespeare.
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Connecticut Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz is calling for new gun safety measures to curb domestic violence. The legislation would keep anyone with a domestic abuse record from getting a pistol permit.
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A gunman killed 10 people and wounded 10 others at a Los Angeles-area ballroom dance club following a Lunar New Year celebration, setting off a manhunt for the suspect in the fifth mass killing in the U.S. this month.
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Connecticut's congressional delegation joined the Newtown Action Alliance in Washington, D.C. to call on the Senate to pass a nationwide ban on assault weapons — a decade after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
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After three years without funding, ShotSpotter, a gunshot detection program used by police, has been revived in Suffolk County.
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Citing a U.S. Supreme Court decision earlier this year, gun rights groups and firearms owners have launched another attempt to overturn Connecticut's ban on certain semiautomatic rifles that was enacted in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
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Connecticut convened the first meeting of its Commission on Community Gun Violence Intervention and Prevention on Wednesday.