Connecticut announces tough new gun laws after Newtown massacre

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Connecticut lawmakers announced a deal yesterday on what they called some of the toughest gun laws in the country that were proposed after the December mass shooting in the state, that left 20 children and six educators dead.

The proposal includes:

• A ban on new high-capacity ammunition magazines like the ones used in the massacre
• New registration requirements for existing magazines that carry 10 or more bullets
• The creation of the nation’s first statewide dangerous weapon offender registry - the “ammunition eligibility certificate”
• Immediate universal background checks for all firearms sales
• Extension of the state’s assault weapons ban to 100 new types of firearms and requires that a weapon have only one of several features in order to be banned
• The newly banned weapons could no longer be bought or sold in Connecticut, and
• Those legally owned already would have to be registered with the state

A vote is expected tomorrow in the General Assembly, where Democrats control both chambers, making passage all but assured. The bill will then be sent to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who has helped lead efforts to strengthen the state’s gun laws but has not yet signed off on the proposed legislation.