Connecticut Ready to Pass Toughest Gun Control in Nation

Connecticut lawmakers “said they had met the solemn challenge presented by the Sandy Hook school massacre with a bipartisan agreement for the nation’s strongest gun control bill,” the Hartford Courant reports.

“Easy passage of the legislative response to the Dec. 14 killings is expected in House and Senate votes scheduled for Wednesday, leaders of both the Democratic majority and Republican minority said after completing weeks of negotiations on the bill.”

New York Times: “It would require new state-issued eligibility certificates for the purchase of any rifle, shotgun or ammunition; mandate that offenders convicted of any of more than 40 weapons offenses register with the state; require universal background checks for the sale of all firearms; and substantially expand the state’s existing ban on assault weapons.”