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Gun Control & RKBA

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12. The lack of compliance with Connecticut's (and NY"s) gun laws has been reported

Wed Oct 28, 2015, 06:16 PM

Oct 2015

by a number of reputable sources.

However, as you appear to acknowledge, this lack of compliance is entirely unsurprising, and any serious attempts at enforcement would be politically very dangerous without demonstrably improving public safety.

Particularly based on some of the lawmaker quotes, the new gun laws appear to have been intentionally designed to make it appear that lawmakers were "doing something" without actually doing anything.

http://cnsnews.com/mrctv-blog/matt-vespa/conn-legislators-plan-no-additional-efforts-enforce-new-gun-laws

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

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Completely expected problem enforcing gun control in Connecticut... [View all] virginia mountainman Oct 2015 OP

no surprise there eh? msongs Oct 2015 #2

Cops breaking the law? GGJohn Oct 2015 #3

They are just following the example of the fed.. virginia mountainman Oct 2015 #4

Exactly. GGJohn Oct 2015 #5

It takes very little... beevul Oct 2015 #7

Exactly.... virginia mountainman Oct 2015 #8

I think thats generally true, in one direction. beevul Oct 2015 #9

This source strikes me as being on par with InfoWars. dairydog91 Oct 2015 #11