Perry squares off over gun laws
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Texas Gov. Rick Perry squared off on gun control issues on Sunday, continuing a debate that began last year.
The two chief executives appeared on CNN with Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on Sunday. Governors gathered in Washington, D.C., for a meeting of the National Governors Association.
Malloy, a Democrat who pushed through the legislature sweeping changes in state gun laws last year, spoke in favor of stronger background checks of potential gun buyers and said Washington, D.C., has not done enough.
"I think we have a federal problem in the sense that we are rejecting the idea that we should have tighter controls over who has a gun," he said. "Universal background checks would make everyone safer in their states and mine."
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