Connecticut Tightens Gun Laws After Newtown School Massacre
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Lawmakers in Connecticut, the site of the Dec. 14 massacre that renewed a national debate over gun control, passed a bipartisan measure that increases background checks for buyers and bans the sale of semiautomatic rifles like the one used in Newtown’s Sandy Hook Elementary School.
The Senate passed the bill 26-10 yesterday, and the House of Representatives approved it 105-44 early this morning. Both chambers are controlled by Democrats. Six of 14 Republican senators backed it, as did 20 of 52 Republican House members. Both parties called it the toughest gun-control law in the U.S.