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.

Record-Journal - June 04, 2008

Blue Trail Range sued
By: George Moore, Record-Journal staff

WALLINGFORD - On the same day that the Blue Trail Range held a press conference to highlight safety improvements it has made, a lawsuit was filed in New Haven Superior Court seeking to shut it down. Read More

Courant.com - May 16, 2008

Hartford Officials Release Crime Stats, Gun Violence Up
By Hilda Munoz And Tina Brown

City officials are launching a new safety initiative in response to a recent wave of reports of gun violence in the city. Read More

Stamford Advocate - April 17, 2008

A call for gun control - Protest marks anniversary of Va. Tech shootings
By Zach Lowe, Staff Writer

STAMFORD - At 9, Peter Pillari knows Virginia Tech played his favorite baseball team, the New York Yankees, during spring training, but he is starting to understand the school's role in the gun control debate. Read More

New Haven Register - April 17, 2008

'Lie-in' remembers Virginia Tech massacre -
Event also honors slain UNH student; mother aims to change gun laws
By Amanda Howe, Special to the Register

WEST HAVEN - University of New Haven students dressed in black and wore maroon and orange ribbons around their necks Wednesday during a lie-in to remember the victims of the Virginia Tech massacre on the first anniversary of the killings, and to protest gun laws. Read More

The Day - April 3, 2008

Changes At Ledyard Rifle Range On Target With Nearby Residents
By Amy Renczkowski

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

In the New Archives