“connecticut”

Analysis by the Ridgefield Press suggests that in Connecticut, higher gun ownership rates correlate with lower crime rates.

Connecticut is a state with strict gun laws and a notoriously anti-gun leader.

Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, joined by Rep. Elizabeth Esty, have asked the Connecticut Food Association to implement a self-imposed ban on open carry in the state’s 300 retail stores.

A measure that passed the Connecticut House of Representatives last week is a threat to citizens’ right to keep and bear arms, as well as their Fifth Amendment right of due process.

In a Tuesday column in the Hartford Courant, researcher John Lott pointed out how Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy’s proposed exorbitant fee increases would impact citizens most vulnerable to crime—the poor.

Back in 2013, when Connecticut passed into law a 138-page gun-control package, we covered what made the move such a slap in the face of the Second Amendment.

After a Connecticut judge dismissed a lawsuit Friday that sought to blame Remington Arms for the tragic school shooting at Sandy Hook, Hillary Clinton tweeted, “It’s incomprehensible that our laws would protect gun makers over Sandy Hook families. We need to fix this.”