CBS Local News
Connecticut
4/5/2014
HARTFORD (CBS Connecticut) _ An estimated crowd of more than 3,000 gun rights supporters rallied outside the State Capitol Saturday in opposition to gun control measures passed a year ago in response to the Sandy Hook School Tragedy.
Among those attending the rally was Bill Stevens, a Newtown father who says he’s heartbroken by what happened in his town, but added, “It wasn’t the AR-15 that killed 26 innocent people in my town, it was a mentally ill shooter who pulled the trigger and this law does nothing to address that.”
Rally-goers vowed to work for repeal of the gun law in the legislature or to have it overturned in court.
Among other things the legislation expanded the state’s assault weapons ban and barred the possession and sale of large-capacity ammunition magazines.
A gun rally organized by the Connecticut Citizens Defense League took place Saturday, April 5, 2014, at the State Capitol where more than 3,000 gun rights supporters turned out. (Mark Sims/WTIC Photo)
…The measure — which the National Rifle Association sees as a nationwide model for stripping local officials of their gun-regulating power — was approved by the state House, 102-19, a day after the Senate passed it, 37-2…
