A federal judge has upheld gun control laws approved by the state legislature last year following the December 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. In a 47-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Alfred Covello stated on Thursday that the law is constitutional.
Connecticut organizations that support gun rights, pistol permit holders and gun sellers sued Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and other state officials. The law added more than 100 firearms to the state’s assault weapons ban and imposed other restriction, including restrictions on the sale of large-capacity ammunition magazines.
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