Saturday, January 31, 2015

Newtown School Panel to Include Proposed Gun Ban in Report

The New York Times reports

An advisory panel charged with looking at public safety in the wake of the deadly Newtown school shooting agreed Friday to include in its final report a recommendation to ban the sale and possession of any gun that can fire more than 10 rounds without reloading.

The Sandy Hook Advisory Commission, created by Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy in the wake of the 2012 school shooting, plans to complete its work next month. The report will include dozens of recommendations in three categories: law enforcement and emergency response; safe school design and operation; and mental health and wellness.

In its interim report last March, the commission included the proposed gun ban, which is opposed by the gun lobby and manufacturers. It would go much further than a 2013 Connecticut law which, among other things, expanded the state's assault weapons ban and barred the possession and sale of large-capacity ammunition magazines.

"Whether or not this law would stand the test of constitutionality is not for this commission to decide," said former Hartford Police Chief Bernard Sullivan, a member of the panel. "The commission has expressed very strongly that this is a statement that is needed regarding the lethality of weapons."

Commission members said during a meeting Friday that they want to emphasize that there needs to be more regulation of guns that can inflict mass casualties, even if it causes some inconvenience to recreational shooters.

10 comments:

  1. "Whether or not this law would stand the test of constitutionality is not for this commission to decide," said former Hartford Police Chief Bernard Sullivan, a member of the panel. "The commission has expressed very strongly that this is a statement that is needed regarding the lethality of weapons."

    We certainly don't want to let constitutionality get in the way of coming up with ideas to restrict gun rights.

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    1. You beat me to it, SSG.

      By the way, did you notice that the "assault weapon" ban, as the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission wants it rewritten, makes no mention of a "grandfather clause"?

      If they get their way, every Connecticut owner of "assault weapons" and "high capacity" mags who did not defy the registration requirement has told the state just where to send their gun confiscation raiding parties first.

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    2. He's right. They have every right to pass whatever they want in practicing their right to free speech in governance. That's why we have the courts, to decide the constitutionality of any law passed. You are quick to control free speech, but unforgiving if some want to put controls on your worshiped right to guns. Seems you gun loons do put more importance in one right than another.

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    3. You are quick to control free speech . . .

      What the hell are you talking about? Who is trying to "control" what this verminous filth says?

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    4. A panel is just that, a panel. They have no powers to enact laws. They might make recommendations for legislation, but it then falls to elected officials to pass it.
      They aren't really much different than us, except tax dollars are paying them to do what they do.

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    5. SS, ??????.
      And elected politicians who push for pro gun laws aren't paid buy taxpayers? Don't get your point.

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  2. Just like you, Mike, we see the commission calling whatever prison sentence they are recommending for possession of constitutionally protected items an "inconvenience".

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  3. There is NO ONE anywhere is calling for the confiscation of your firearms.....There is no need to defend your rights please continue looking the other way

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    1. When you say "the confiscation of your firearms," it's a bit ambiguous. Do you mean the confiscation of ALL your firearms or simply the confiscation of certain ones?

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    2. Oh, and speaking of "the confiscation of ALL your firearms," consider this: just after the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission illustrates the "purpose of registration is confiscation" axiom, by recommending a re-write of the "assault weapons" ban, that would dispense with the grandfather clause (for the now supposed-to-be registered "assault weapons"), they now also recommend mandatory registration of all firearms--apparently in hopes that CT gun owners are too stupid to have noticed their "Registration Confiscation Two-Step" approach to so-called "assault weapons."

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