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(51,122 posts) Fri Jan 4, 2013, 01:06 PM Jan 2013

A Connecticut Cop Halts Gun Shows After Newtown [View all]

Source: TMP

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.

Read more: http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/01/waterbury_ct_gun_show_permits.php?ref=fpb

Shut Down All Gun Shows! They are breeding grounds for domestic terrorism.

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A Connecticut Cop Halts Gun Shows After Newtown [View all] onehandle Jan 2013 OP

Amen! Little Star Jan 2013 #1

Amen to your Amen nt duhneece Jan 2013 #5

Look out, here they come... Kingofalldems Jan 2013 #2

Drip, drip drip mikeysnot Jan 2013 #3

Thanks, Chief! mbperrin Jan 2013 #4

thank you samsingh Jan 2013 #6

Good for the chief! n/t cosmicone Jan 2013 #7

K&R for reasonableness. Chorophyll Jan 2013 #8

Ninth District in Nordyke v. King deal with gun shows. If a suit is brought in jody Jan 2013 #9

Take it back to the gungeon. nt onehandle Jan 2013 #11

Do you want readers to remain ignorant because OP only told one side? jody Jan 2013 #14

Yeah, heaven forbid we learn about laws and shit NickB79 Jan 2013 #40

Only use for a gun show is to show your young children what domestic terrorists look like. Hoyt Jan 2013 #27

And let's CONTINUE to call this disaster what it is: Domestic Terrorism! calimary Jan 2013 #10

Wouldn't "Domestic Terrorism" bring it under the Patriot Act and citizens candidates for a jody Jan 2013 #18

If that doesn't show you that those policies, "Patriot" Act etc..., daleanime Jan 2013 #21

Let the Delicate Flowers defend themselves! bongbong Jan 2013 #31

Connecticut closed the "gun show loophole" several years ago hack89 Jan 2013 #12

hack89 please clarify what area around a "gun show" is defined by CT as requiring NICS jody Jan 2013 #15

That is the irony of this act. hack89 Jan 2013 #17

Thanks, CT law is comprehensive for all handgun transfers. Private long-gun sales only at gun-shows. jody Jan 2013 #19

So we should do nothing... right? mikeysnot Jan 2013 #29

The same promoter that was going to hold the gun show in Waterbury... George II Jan 2013 #13

Awful idea. CT requires background checks for private sales at gun shows but not yard sales Recursion Jan 2013 #16

In the case of Connecticut, this move is purely symbolic and will not stop a single unlawful sale slackmaster Jan 2013 #20

Presumably the goal is fewer guns sold, not more background checks. n/t Plaid Adder Jan 2013 #36

I once tagged along with a friend to a big gun show here in CA. SunSeeker Jan 2013 #22

Chili is dangerous at a Delicate Flower Convention* bongbong Jan 2013 #33

Chili is dangerous, period. But unlike guns, it's worth the risk. nt SunSeeker Jan 2013 #34

He made the right decision. WhoWoodaKnew Jan 2013 #23

Pass a Law Against Gun Shows Macoy51 Jan 2013 #28

First Amendment. Good luck with that. n/t PavePusher Jan 2013 #44

Wake up-just another knee jerk resolution jerfro Jan 2013 #24

Yeah, I agree with that. But if you're sitting in his seat... WhoWoodaKnew Jan 2013 #26

Um, you know, follow the freaking law. n/t Ashgrey77 Jan 2013 #38

I was just saying that the guy had a horrible thing... WhoWoodaKnew Jan 2013 #42

It was a gesture to the families in Newtown. Jennicut Jan 2013 #30

So you alone get to speak for 110,000 people? Ashgrey77 Jan 2013 #39

Thank You Chief supercats Jan 2013 #25

good, thank you Chief Gugliotti. More chiefs should do the same. wordpix Jan 2013 #32

So people sell their assault weapons at yard sales or on the internet hack89 Jan 2013 #41

I Wonder How Many Death Threats Chief Gugliotti Has Received, So Far. (nt) Paladin Jan 2013 #35

Halleujah!!!!! ReRe Jan 2013 #37

Ah yes, rape the First AND Second Amendments at the same time. How very... Rethuglican... of him. PavePusher Jan 2013 #43

Kick! n/t Tx4obama Jan 2013 #45