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Senate rejects Murphy background-check provision and ‘terror gap’ bill

by Ana Radelat June 20, 2016 @ 6:46 pmMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:51 pm

Updated at 9:28 p.m.
WASHINGTON — For the second time since the slaughter at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the U.S. Senate has rejected an effort to expand FBI background checks of gun purchasers. Lawmakers also killed an effort to bar those on the terrorist watch list from purchasing weapons, as well as two competing GOP proposals.

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Malloy mum on authority to change firearm screening

by Mark Pazniokas December 15, 2015 @ 6:34 pmMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:48 pm

Nearly a week after Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced his intention to use terrorist watch lists to screen gun buyers, it remains unclear how his executive powers would allow him to unilaterally alter criteria set by state law. He has not sought an opinion from the attorney general.

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Education bill and gun control dominate on Capitol Hill

by Ana Radelat December 11, 2015 @ 4:10 pmMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:48 pm

A new federal education law replacing No Child Left Behind and a stepped-up campaign to bar those on terrorist watch lists from purchasing firearms dominated the discussion on Capitol Hill this week.

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At Sandy Hook observance, families press Congress for action

by Ana Radelat December 10, 2015 @ 2:21 pmMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:47 pm

Thursday’s Capitol Hill commemoration of the anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting, which occurred three years ago on Dec. 14, was also a memorial to the victims of the San Bernardino massacre – and to dozens of other victims of gun murders across the nation.