Gun Store In Newington Had Lines Out The Door

Legislative leaders in Connecticut yesterday announced a bipartisan gun-control accord that would expand an existing assault-weapon ban to include more than a hundred additional firearms, require universal background checks for purchases and eliminate the sales of magazines that hold more than 10 bullets. Gun owners would need to undergo a background check to secure a certificate that would be required for buying ammunition.

Bloomberg news said in a story that Hoffman Guns in Newington had lines of more than 50 people out the door as customers attempted to buy the products that would be illegal to buy under the new law. 

Some of those products would be magazines that carry more than 10 bullets and guns like the AR-15 that was used by Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter Adam Lanza. 

“Whenever the government tells me I can’t do something, I want to do it,” John O’Lenechuck, 32, told Bloomberg News after he bought a part for a semiautomatic AR-15 rifle, which would be banned under a proposed bill that could be approved as soon as tomorrow. “I need to get it while it is still legal.”

Also in the story, State Police Lt. Paul Vance was quoted as saying that on Tuesday the state had processed more than 1,200 gun licenses while 500 is the usual number.