Connecticut Glock-style pistol ban clears final legislative hurdle

Connecticut Glock-Style Pistol Ban HB 5043 Heads to Gov. Lamont

Glock 17 Gen 6 9mm Pistol. Img Duncan Johnson After clearing the Connecticut House in April, the so-called “convertible pistol” bill passed the state Senate 22–11 after an overnight debate and is now headed to Gov. Ned Lamont’s desk. Local reporting says senators debated the bill from about 3 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. before approving it Wednesday morning. HB 5043 is not a narrow bill aimed only at criminals caught with illegal machine-gun conversion de…

Senate Passes Convertible Gun Bill In Early Morning Vote

The bill passed 22-11 in a mostly party line vote. It had earlier passed the state House 86-64. It now heads to Gov. Ned Lamont, who has named the legislation one of the session’s priorities.

Connecticut Passes Glock Ban

Connecticut passes a controversial ban on Glock-style pistols amidst gun control debates.

CT Senate approves bill that bans easily modified pistols

House Speaker Matt Ritter (D-Hartford)(Molly Ingram / WSHU)The Connecticut Senate has given final approval to a state ban on the future sale of pistols that can be easily modified into submachine guns.The vote came shortly after 7:20 a.m. Wednesday morning on the final day of the state legislative session.The controversial bill is backed by Governor Ned Lamont and many local police chiefs. It’s aimed at specific pistols, including several models…

Connecticut Senate Debates Glock-Style Pistol Ban

Hartford, Connecticut — Connecticut lawmakers debated through the night Tuesday and into Wednesday as state senators considered a controversial gun-control proposal targeting certain Glock-style semiautomatic pistols that can allegedly be converted into automatic weapons using illegal modification devices known as Glock switches. The legislation, House Bill 5043, was introduced by Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont and already passed the Democratic-cont…

CT Senate pulls all-nighter, rearranging budget and passing gun bill

The Senate stayed overnight to pass a gun control bill and legislation that makes millions in revisions to the state’s already-adopted budget.