This is from The Boston Globe.
I can see Connecticut losing 1.7 billion dollars in tax revenue.
After 176 years Colt Firearms could be leaving the state.
That would mean about 700 people will lose their jobs.
But the DemocRats running Connecticut do not care.
Connecticut lawmakers announced a deal Monday on what they called some of the toughest gun laws in the country that were proposed after the December mass shooting at a school in Newtown. Some highlights from the proposal:
—Ban sales of high-capacity ammunition magazines;
—Background checks for private gun sales;
—New registry for existing magazines that carry 10 or more bullets;
—Statewide dangerous weapon offender registry, which lawmakers said is the nation’s first;
—Immediate universal background checks for all firearms sales;
—Expansion of Connecticut’s assault weapons ban;
—Safety training and other requirements to buy any rifle, shotgun or ammunition;
—Increases minimum age eligibility for purchase of some semi-automatic rifles to 21;
— Expands requirements for safe storage of firearms;
— Increases penalties for firearms trafficking and illegal possession offenses.
SCHOOL SECURITY
—Creates statewide council to develop safety standards for school buildings;
—Requires each school to write safety plans;
—Requires state to maintain registry of school security consultants working in Connecticut;
—Requires all colleges and universities to submit safety plans to the state.
MENTAL HEALTH
—Bans people who voluntarily commit themselves to a hospital from getting gun permits or eligibility certificates within six months of their release;
— Bans people involuntarily committed to a hospital within the past 60 months from possessing a firearm or receiving a permit or eligibility certificate;
—Expands training to teach people to recognize signs of mental illness in young people and get them help;
—Creates group to study state’s mental health care system;
—Requires that requests for insurers to cover certain mental health services be considered urgent and shortens the review time for them from 72 to 24 hours.
Source: State task force on gun violence prevention and children’s safety
