The Connecticut Bar Association’s House of Delegates, after considerable debate, has decided that the organization should join an amicus brief in defense of state gun control laws approved by the Legislature in the wake of the Newtown school shooting.
CBA President Mark Dubois said the proposal was approved during a special July 21 meeting of the House of Delegates by a 34-15 vote, with four abstentions. The CBA will now join an amicus being prepared by the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, which will support a ruling by U.S. District Judge Alfred Covello, who upheld measures that expanded the list of banned assault weapons and put strict limits on ammunition magazine sizes.
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