“We feel very strongly that these bills meet the , and they were drafted accordingly," Newsom said."But I’m not naive about the recklessness of the federal courts and the ideological agenda.”
"It is not common in Connecticut to go the grocery store and see somebody with an exposed firearm. Does it happen on rare occasions? Sure, but it is not a problem in our state," Holly Sullivan, president of the Connecticut Citizens Defense League,. She said there were already state laws on the books that address people illegally carrying a weapon in public or abusing the open carry law.
Republican legislative leaders, who represent the minority party in the state General Assembly, accused Democrats of bragging about how safe Connecticut is because of the gun laws when there have been carjackings, serious property crimes and other acts of violence. House Minority Leader Vincent Candelora, a Republican from North Branford, said claims Connecticut is one of the safest states are a “slap in the face” to residents.
State Senate President Pro Tempore Martin Looney, a Democrat from New Haven, called the legislation a “very significant initiative" but stressed “the battle is not over.”
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