In Wake of Florida Massacre, Gun-Control Advocates Look to Connecticut.

[elleng]

'In the aftermath of the rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, where 20 children and six educators were killed in 2012, state lawmakers in Connecticut set out to draft some of the toughest gun measures in the country.

They largely succeeded — significantly expanding an existing ban on the sale of assault weapons, prohibiting the sale of magazines with more than 10 rounds and requiring the registration of existing assault rifles and higher-capacity magazines. The state also required background checks for all firearms sales and created a registry of weapons offenders, including those accused of illegally possessing a firearm.

Now, in the wake of another wrenching shooting rampage — this one at a high school in Parkland, Fla., that killed 17 — and in the absence of any federal action, gun-control advocates, Democratic politicians and others are pointing to the success of states like Connecticut in addressing the spiraling toll of gun violence.'>>>

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/17/nyregion/florida-shooting-parkland-gun-control-connecticut.html?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. why 10 rounds?

I've seen that limit proposed by folks on DU recently. Is there a statistical reason for a 10 round limit on magazines? It surely can't be an allowance for hunters -- one shot, deer; two shots, maybe deer; three shots, no deer.

[BigmanPigman]

2. I agree with the eloquent student who spoke at the FL rally

earlier. If there were NO guns, then a knife would be one of the few available weapons. NO GUNS AT ALL! Nothing else is acceptable. #ENOUGH!
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017480613

This video says it all...brilliant.

[leanforward]

3. Why?

We're not in warfare. No need for more than 10.

How many rounds in a pump action, lever action, or bolt action? If you're bird hunting aren't you limited to three in the pump magazine?

In response to your question for statistical information. I don't have any. But, the number count might equate to one of the actions of the long guns I mentioned above.

In warfare, every troop in our base camp had 5 20-round magazines. Why, because we had opposing forces out there in the tree line.

I like Connecticuts approach.

Those high school kids have experienced warfare. They have blocked doors with their bodies and suffered griviously. They had to step over or around bodies and wounded in their evacuation. We had bunkers. They had to lock doors and hide. Go to the pictures where you see troops in uniform aiding a buddy and another with his arms raised bringing in the dustoff (medevac).

Bann the warfare weapons. It will save us a lot of grief.

[CTyankee]

4. Before Sandy Hook, I always was a bit smug about how civilized we were in CT compared to

places like Texas (where I was born and raised). Sandy Hook appalled and shook me. I've learned that you cannot ever be smugly content. You have to be eternally alert...

[hack89]

5. There was massive civil disobediance in CT - only 15% registered their rifles.

Everyone knew there would be some gun owners flouting the law that legislators hurriedly passed last April, requiring residents to register all military-style rifles with state police by Dec. 31.

But few thought the figures would be this bad.

By the end of 2013, state police had received 47,916 applications for assault weapons certificates, Lt. Paul Vance said. An additional 2,100 that were incomplete could still come in.

That 50,000 figure could be as little as 15 percent of the rifles classified as assault weapons owned by Connecticut residents, according to estimates by people in the industry, including the Newtown-based National Shooting Sports Foundation. No one has anything close to definitive figures, but the most conservative estimates place the number of unregistered assault weapons well above 50,000, and perhaps as high as 350,000

http://articles.courant.com/2014-02-10/business/hc-haar-gun-registration-felons-20140210_1_assault-weapons-rifles-gun-registration-law

That was four years ago and CT simply ignored the issue - they decided the fight ws not worth it.