Tagged: Gun Control

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The National Rifle Association is showing a stepped-up presence in Connecticut.

The coalition “Mayors Against Illegal Guns” has released a public service announcement calling on Congress to take action on gun violence.

MANCHESTER, Conn. (AP) — Manchester police say the Manchester Community College campus has been cleared after officers searched campus buildings for several hours when a student reported seeing a man with what she believed to be a gun in his waistband.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A bipartisan legislative working group is offering two lists of recommendations for addressing gun violence: one from the majority Democrats and another from the Republican members.

While some of the Democrats' gun control proposals unveiled Tuesday go further than the Republicans' ideas, such as expanding the definition of an assault weapon under Connecticut's current assault weapons ban, there were some overlaps. Democrats also called for a ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines.

  Police on Monday arrested a man who took a concealed gun into the Doane Stuart School.