Legislation Continues Connecticut’s Ongoing Efforts to Prevent Gun Violence while Congress Does Nothing

(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Dannel P. Malloy today signed into law legislation that bans bump stocks and other enhancements that increase the rate of fire for semiautomatic weapons, including trigger cranks, binary trigger systems, and other modifications.  The Governor proposed the ban earlier this year.

Governor Malloy lauded state lawmakers in Connecticut who – on a bipartisan basis – once again came together to pass legislation in the absence of action on the issue by Congressional leaders in Washington, D.C., whose allegiance to big money lobbyist in the NRA has kept them from adopting any significant gun violence prevention measures in years.

Continue reading CONNECTICUT | Gov. Malloy Signs Legislation Banning Bump Stocks and Other Rate of Fire Enhancements at STL.News.