How Connecticut is Tackling Gun Violence & Improving Public Safety - The Connecticut Difference

Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he will introduce a comprehensive crime and public safety package of legislative proposals under The Connecticut Difference, his 2022 budget. These targeted initiatives focus on getting illegal guns off the streets, increasing the amount of police, representative of their communities, in towns and cities across the state, and reducing juvenile crime, both before it happens and with repeat offenders.

The legislation he is proposing this session includes:

Establish a Gun Tracing Task Force to identify the source of illegal guns
Create a statewide community violence intervention program
Stop the flow of illegal “ghost guns”
Ensure gun stores take their obligations seriously
Modify carry laws
Close loopholes in assault weapons laws
Make domestic violence convictions an automatic disqualifier for holding a carry permit
Strengthen laws on safe storage of firearms

In addition to these statutory changes, Governor Lamont’s proposed budget adjustments make a landmark $64 million investment in public safety in Connecticut. This includes:

$19 million to prevent and reduce repeat crime
$4 million to speed up criminal investigations using forensic science
$23 million to clear accumulated court cases
$18 million to help crime victims recover from crime

For more details on the proposals, visit: https://bit.ly/LamontGunViolenceProposal

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