Governor: No 'appetite' for more gun control in Connecticut [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Governor: No 'appetite' for more gun control in Connecticut
By SUSAN HAIGH, Associated Press | March 6, 2015 | Updated: March 6, 2015 4:16pm

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Two years after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut's governor said he doubts the state legislature has the "appetite" to take up many of the additional gun control recommendations included in a final report released Friday by a state commission.

But Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said he does believe changes made since the Dec. 14, 2012, shooting, including many of the commission's early recommendations, have already improved public safety and changed lives. For example, the state has already passed legislation expanding its assault weapons ban, including the gun used by the Newtown shooter, and spent $43 million to improve security in about 1,000 schools.

"My hope is that we're doing enough in Connecticut to prevent this from happening again in Connecticut," he told The Associated Press in an interview, referring to the massacre that left 20 first graders and six educators dead. "My hunch is that things like this are going to happen in other states and there have been over 1,000 children shot since this time."

Hours before receiving the final 277-page report from the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission, Malloy said he doesn't foresee Connecticut lawmakers in the near future considering measures beyond the sweeping legislation approved in 2013, which included the expanded assault weapons ban and a ban on large-capacity ammunition magazines.


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