A Connecticut Cop Halts Gun Shows After Newtown

[kpete]

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Source: Talking Points Memo

A Connecticut Cop Halts Gun Shows After Newtown

Michael Gugliotti, chief of police in Waterbury, Conn., decided to stop issuing gun show permits on the day after the nearby Newtown massacre.

“I was just sitting home, really just thinking about what I need to do as a police chief during this type of crisis to ensure that our citizens are feeling safe and comfortable,” Gugliotti told TPM on Friday.

It happened that the day before, one of his aides had a scheduled meeting with a representative of Westchester Collectors Inc., which wanted to hold a firearm and knife show in Waterbury on Jan. 12 and 13. (According to The American-Republican newspaper, the company planned to hold the show at the convention center of the CoCo Key Water Resort Hotel on East Main Street.) Waterbury, a city of 110,000, is about 20 miles northeast of Newtown.

“Out of respect and honor for those 26 folks that lost their life in Newtown, I made the decision then and there to send the promoter a message that I would not be signing any permit for any gun show until further notice,” Gugliotti said

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[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

2. I don't believe either of those amendments apply to issuing municipal permits

Especially not the second amendment. Where is this chief stopping or stripping anyone from their guns?

[HERVEPA]

3. Yeh, that's a real shame.

Because I'm sure all those guns sold were going to be part of a well-regulated militia.
Why don't you just stay in your gungeon.

[onehandle]

4. Deterring Domestic Terrorism. Gun shows are McVeigh crockpots. nt

[Tx4obama]

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