More than 100 weapon types banned…
2 April 2013
Last updated at 10:30 ET
Lawmakers in the state of Connecticut will vote on a sweeping set of gun restrictions, including a ban on new high-capacity magazines.
The proposal requires background checks on all gun sales and expands the state’s assault weapons ban.
It comes as new federal gun measures appear to have stalled in Congress.
Debate over US gun laws was reignited after a gunman killed 26 people, including 20 children, at a Connecticut primary school in December.
Tighter gun restrictions also passed in New York and Colorado in the wake of the shooting.
On Monday, six relatives of children and a school staff member killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December travelled to the state capitol of Hartford to call for a complete ban on high-capacity ammunition
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2013-04-02 10:06:30
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