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ATF Releases New Data on Recovered Gun Traces
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF)
has recently released data on gun traces for 2008. ATF is the agency
charged with tracing all guns recovered by law enforcement to determine
the legal purchaser of the weapon.
For CT, ATF traced 1563 guns recovered by CT Law Enforcement
in 2008. 478 of those weapons (30.6%) were purchased here in CT,
the remainder from out of state.
602 of the weapons (38.5%) were recovered in Hartford,
New Haven, and Bridgeport.
Click here to see
a complete summary of the ATF report for Connecticut.
Hartford Officials Release Crime Stats, Gun Violence
Up
City officials are launching a new safety initiative
in response to a recent wave of reports of gun violence in the city.
In less than a two-month period, between March 16
and May 10, there have been five gun-related homicides and 50 shooting
victims in 36 confirmed gun-related incidents. All together during
that period, there have been 188 unconfirmed reports of shots being
fired. Click here
to read more.
View
the most recent statistics from the Hartford Police Department.
Gun Clubs in Your back yard - What happens
when developers build near outdoor ranges.
Changes At Ledyard Rifle
Range On Target With Nearby Residents
Ledyard - Luanne Hespeler said this week residents
of the Wolf Ridge Gap subdivision got almost everything they wanted
after filing a lawsuit against the Ledyard Sportsmen's Club and
the town. Read more.
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Shooting
Range a Danger to Public Safety
