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Hochul Wants To Raise Legal Age To Buy Some Types Of Guns In NY After Buffalo, Texas Shootings Hochul Wants To Raise Legal Age To Buy Some Types Of Guns In NY After Buffalo, Texas Shootings
Hochul Wants To Raise Legal Age To Buy Some Types Of Guns In NY After Buffalo, Texas Shootings In the wake of the latest mass shootings in Buffalo and Texas, Gov. Kathy Hochul is calling on state lawmakers to pass legislation making it more difficult for young New Yorkers to purchase some types of guns. Hochul proposed several proposals to close loopholes and strengthen gun laws in New York, including raising the age to purchase rifles to 21. “How does an 18-year-old purchase an AR-15 in the State of New York, State of Texas? That person's not old enough to buy a legal drink,” she said. “I want to work with the legislature to change that. I want it to be 21. I think that's…

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by Zak Failla
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Fairfield County Man Tries To Bring Loaded Gun On Plane, Authorities Say Fairfield County Man Tries To Bring Loaded Gun On Plane, Authorities Say
Fairfield County Man Tries To Bring Loaded Gun On Plane, Authorities Say A Connecticut man was arrested by police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented him from carrying a loaded handgun onto his flight at the Westchester County Airport. The incident involving a man from Fairfield County happened on Tuesday, April 5 after the Town of Fairfield resident was busted with a .40 caliber gun loaded with 10 bullets attempting to board a flight at the White Plains airport. According to TSA, an officer spotted the handgun on the checkpoint X-ray machine’s monitor as the man’s belongings entered the X-ray unit. TSA alerted the Westchester…

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by Zak Failla
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Fairfield County Man Sentenced For Selling Ghost Guns To Undercover Police Officer Fairfield County Man Sentenced For Selling Ghost Guns To Undercover Police Officer
Fairfield County Man Sentenced For Selling Ghost Guns To Undercover Police Officer A Connecticut man was sentenced in federal court in Boston in connection with selling two “ghost guns.” Fairfield County resident, Brian McCarthy, age 33, of Bridgeport, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and two years of supervised release, according to the US Attorney's Office. McCarthy pleaded guilty to one count of dealing firearms without a federal license in May, officials said.  Between June and the end of July, McCarthy traveled to Massachusetts and sold an undercover officer two Glock-style privately made firearms -- or "ghost guns," -- he had personally fabricated.  …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Convicted Felon ID'd As Trumbull Mall Armed Robbery Suspect Involved In Hourslong Standoff Convicted Felon ID'd As Trumbull Mall Armed Robbery Suspect Involved In Hourslong Standoff
Convicted Felon ID'd As Trumbull Mall Armed Robbery Suspect Involved In Hourslong Standoff The identity has been released for a convicted felon who allegedly committed an armed robbery at the Westfield Trumbull Mall before being apprehended after an hourslong standoff after a crash at a nearby intersection, police announced. The robbery happened Friday night, Nov. 20 at the Zales jewelry store inside the mall. After fleeing the scene, the suspect, now identified as Eddie Lynch, age 24, of New Haven, was cornered by police in Bridgeport, where he crashed during a pursuit by Trumbull officers.  Lynch initially refused to exit the car, which becam…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Convicted Felon Arrested For Accidentally Shooting Himself With Illegally-Owned Gun In Norwalk Convicted Felon Arrested For Accidentally Shooting Himself With Illegally-Owned Gun In Norwalk
Convicted Felon Arrested For Accidentally Shooting Himself With Illegally-Owned Gun In Norwalk A 26-year-old convicted felon from Fairfield County has been arrested for allegedly accidentally shooting himself in September while playing with an illegally-possessed gun in his backpack. On Thursday, Sept. 24, officers were called to Norwalk Hospital for a victim suffering from a single gunshot wound, said Norwalk Police Lt. Jared Zwickler. Detectives began investigating the incident and spoke to the victim identified as Josue Saravina-Pineda of Norwalk, said Zwickler. During the investigation, Saravina-Pineda admitted he was playing with a gun in his back yard and accidentall…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Record-High Gun Control Support After Florida Rampage, Quinnipiac Poll Says Record-High Gun Control Support After Florida Rampage, Quinnipiac Poll Says
Record-High Gun Control Support After Florida Rampage, Quinnipiac Poll Says In the wake of the mass shooting in Florida last week,  a new national poll shows that Americans are ready for tougher gun laws and are fed up with the lack of support from lawmakers. In the new independent Quinnipiac University poll released on Tuesday, American voters support stricter gun laws 66  to 31 percent, the highest level of support ever measured, the pollsters found. Today's result is up from a negative 47 to 50 percent measure of support in a December 23, 2015, survey by the University. "If you think Americans are largely unmoved by the mass shootings, you should think aga…

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by Kathy Reakes