Governor: No 'appetite' for more gun control in Connecticut

[Lurks Often]

25. None of the laws passed since that horrible tragedy would have prevented it

The monster who committed that horrible crime was not a felon, not adjudicated mentally defective, had never been involuntarily committed to a mental institution and was over the age of 18, so he would have passed a background check and been allowed to purchase a rifle or shotgun.

While the AR-15 and other rifles banned under the CT law due to primarily cosmetic features are no longer available, the Ruger Mini-14, which is a semi-automatic rifle firing the exact same rifle cartridge as the AR-15, is still available for purchase and a trip to RI, NH, VT, NH, ME or PA, will allow you to buy magazines holding more then 10 rounds if you didn't have then prior to the ban.

To put it more plainly, the laws pushed through as an "Emergency Certification Bill" which bypassed the committees, bypassed public hearings and input and rushed through in such a hurry that most of the state legislature had no time to actually read the whole thing, has done nothing to make the children of CT safer.

More regarding the e-cert here: http://articles.courant.com/2013-07-09/news/hc-gun-lawsuit-0710-20130709_1_keane-malloy-new-law

Now since it regarded guns, I'm sure that many here are ok with the abuse of state law although no emergency existed and no reason was given in writing (as required by law) as why the bill was an emergency.

One has to wonder how outraged DU would be if a legislature rammed through a bill using those same procedures listed above if the law banned abortions or same sex marriage or any other issue near and dear to DU.