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‘Enough is Enough,’ CT marchers tell Washington

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WASHINGTON — The March for Our Lives attracted thousands of students and supporters from Connecticut and hundreds of thousands from across the nation demanding change – not only in the nation’s gun laws but the makeup of Congress. Organized by students after 17 people were killed at a Parkland, Fla., high school last month, it also mobilized activists who have been fighting gun violence since 20 schoolchildren and six educators were slaughtered in Newtown a little more than five years ago. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Politics, "March for Our Lives", Congress, Guilford High School, gun control, gun violence, newtown, protesters

Thousands come together to ‘March for Our Lives’ in Hartford

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A gathering police say grew to about 11,000 included demonstrators of all ages bearing signs that read “Not One More,” “Protect My Students,” and “We Call B.S.” Throngs of marchers standing in Bushnell Park could be heard chanting “no more silence, end gun violence,” and “enough is enough.” Continue Reading →

Filed under: Politics, "March for Our Lives", gun control, gun violence, Marjory Stoneman Douglass, Parkland shooting

CT students gear up for ‘March for Our Lives’ in Washington

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Kalea Barger of Morris, a Wamogo Regional High School senior, is one of hundreds of thousands of youth across the nation expected to take part in the “March for Our Lives” in Washington, D.C., on Saturday calling for tighter gun control and a stop to mass school shootings. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Politics, "March for Our Lives", gun control, gun violence, Marjory Stoneham Douglas High School, Parkland shooting

CT students join nationwide protest, demand end to gun violence

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Updated at 8:45 p.m.
Students in Newtown capped a day of protest Wednesday as thousands of Connecticut students joined youths across the nation to protest gun violence and call on Congress to act on gun control measures. Meanwhile in Washington, thousands of students from schools across the nation, including Connecticut, gathered on the U.S. Capitol grounds and in front of the White House. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Civil and criminal justice, #Enough National School Walkout, gun control, gun violence, Women's March

School massacre provokes calls for ‘red flag’ laws like one CT pioneered

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WASHINGTON — The school shooting in Parkland, Fla., has opened a debate on whether more states should do what Connecticut was first to do — pass laws that allow the confiscation of weapons from those who are believed to be a danger to others and themselves. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Civil and criminal justice, Politics, Washington, Donald Trump, Everytown for Gun Safety, Fla, gun violence, Joe Courtney

CT lawmakers react in horror to shootings at GOP baseball practice

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Updated at 3 p.m.
Washington – Connecticut lawmakers, for whom gun violence has a personal edge because of the Newtown shootings, reacted with shock and horror at a gunman’s attack on a Republican congressional baseball practice early Wednesday. Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., the House majority whip, was among those shot. The gunman, who was identified as James Hodgkinson of Illinois, also was shot and later died. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Politics, Washington, Chris Murphy, Congressional Baseball Game, Elizabeth Esty, gun violence, gunman, James Hodgkinson

Newtown activists come to an election-changed Washington

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WASHINGTON — On their first pilgrimage here since the election, relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and other incidents of gun violence and their allies asked President-elect Donald Trump to abandon his hard-line stance against gun control. But chances of that are slim. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Politics, Chris Murphy, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Esty, FBI backgrournd checks, gun control, gun violence, newtown

Murphy raises gun control – and his profile – at convention

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PHILADELPHIA — Sen. Chris Murphy’s impassioned, prime time speech on gun control Wednesday helped the Democratic Party showcase its commitment on the issue and helped raise a profile that has been elevated since he led a filibuster on the Senate floor to press GOP leaders to hold votes on gun legislation. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Politics, Washington, Adam Lanza, Chris Murphy, Daniel Barden, Democratic National Convention, DNC, Donald Trump

After Orlando shooting, lawmakers renew push for gun reform

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Less than 36 hours after a shooting at an Orlando nightclub left 50 people dead and more than 50 others injured, three Connecticut lawmakers renewed their calls for federal action to combat gun violence, including increased background checks, a ban on the sale of assault weapons and a ban on the purchase of any weapons while on the FBI’s terrorist watchlist. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Politics, assault weapons ban, background checks, Chris Murphy, Elizabeth Esty, gun violence, Orlando shooting, Richard Blumenthal

Obama’s action on guns fulfills promise to Newtown families

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WASHINGTON — Tearing up as he spoke of the slaying of 20 Newtown first-graders, President Obama made an emotional appeal to the nation for support of his gun-control initiatives on Tuesday, saying, “Every time I think about those kids, it makes me mad.” Continue Reading →

Filed under: Politics, Washington, background checks, Dannel Malloy, Donald Trump, executive actions, FBI, Gabby Giffords

A transcript of Obama’s remarks on gun control

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“The United States of America is not the only country on Earth with violent or dangerous people. We are not inherently more prone to violence. But we are the only advanced country on Earth that sees this kind of mass violence erupt with this kind of frequency. It doesn’t happen in other advanced countries. It’s not even close.” Continue Reading →

Filed under: Washington, background checks, executive actions, Gabby Giffords, gun control, gun lobby, gun violence, Mark Barden