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A recent change in Connecticut’s “red flag” law — which allows police to seize weapons from someone who is considered a risk to themselves or others — has led to a sharp increase in the number of warrants issued, and documents show police are now using it more often to deal with threats of suicide.
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Officials say New England needs to take threats to the water supply seriously.
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Governor Kathy Hochul said gun safety laws passed after the Buffalo mass shooting that killed 10 people are reporting some success.
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Several prominent Republican leaders are vowing to challenge New York’s new firearms laws in court.
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Services that support survivors of domestic violence in Connecticut and the rest of the U.S. will be strengthened because of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act signed into law last weekend.
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Officially, they’re called "extreme risk protection orders." Most people know them as “red flag laws." And right now in Connecticut and New York, they’re evolving.
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On Tuesday, the governor stood outside a police station in suburban Windsor to promote a Connecticut law passed in 1999 and revised in 2012. It allows police to get a risk warrant, a court order allowing the seizure of firearms from individuals deemed an imminent risk to themselves or others.
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As a nursing shortage continues across Connecticut, one official at Sacred Heart University is offering a solution.
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Officials and advocates said the state’s red flag laws have prevented gun violence, as federal gun legislation could bring them to the rest of the nation.
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Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont said he welcomes the bipartisan gun safety agreement in the U.S. Senate. He said he’s glad that Senator Chris Murphy played a major role in the bipartisan agreement.