Weston White
01-19-2015, 07:49 AM
Report: School shooting commission to propose ‘gun ban’ (http://eagnews.org/report-school-shooting-commission-to-propose-gun-ban/)
HARTFORD, Conn. – A Connecticut government commission created after the Sandy Hook school massacre will be proposing a “gun ban.” . . .
“We’re hoping that some of our recommendations will go far beyond the borders of the state of Connecticut.”
The commission has been meeting for more than two years, according to 22 News.
By going after the amount of ammunition a gun can hold, commission members believe they can win.
“You don’t have to classify it as an ‘assault weapon’ or and handgun or another category,” Jackson tells the news station.
“The commission felt that this was a more coherent way to set public policy.”
And the commission believes it’s the guns – not the people – that are to blame.
“The single biggest common denominator between them is not mental health, it’s not the structure of the school, and school safety issues, it’s access to, possession of, and use of these weapons of war,” says Dr. Harold Schwartz, Psychiatrist-in-Chief at Hartford Hospital’s Institute of Living.
The commission is reportedly backing away from its idea to ban gun manufacturing in Connecticut.
After the shooting, the state banned the AR-15 rifle. The commission’s recommendation will go beyond that.
“Many of the ways that legislation around firearms has been presented is around a model, a type, this clears all that away,” Jackson tells WWLP.
HARTFORD, Conn. – A Connecticut government commission created after the Sandy Hook school massacre will be proposing a “gun ban.” . . .
“We’re hoping that some of our recommendations will go far beyond the borders of the state of Connecticut.”
The commission has been meeting for more than two years, according to 22 News.
By going after the amount of ammunition a gun can hold, commission members believe they can win.
“You don’t have to classify it as an ‘assault weapon’ or and handgun or another category,” Jackson tells the news station.
“The commission felt that this was a more coherent way to set public policy.”
And the commission believes it’s the guns – not the people – that are to blame.
“The single biggest common denominator between them is not mental health, it’s not the structure of the school, and school safety issues, it’s access to, possession of, and use of these weapons of war,” says Dr. Harold Schwartz, Psychiatrist-in-Chief at Hartford Hospital’s Institute of Living.
The commission is reportedly backing away from its idea to ban gun manufacturing in Connecticut.
After the shooting, the state banned the AR-15 rifle. The commission’s recommendation will go beyond that.
“Many of the ways that legislation around firearms has been presented is around a model, a type, this clears all that away,” Jackson tells WWLP.