The General Assembly is in the middle of its biennial short session, when committees have less time to consider proposals before passing them on for further action, or allowing them to die. Often particularly controversial ideas are set aside in ...Such was the case with a proposal requiring any new semiautomatic pistols sold in Connecticut after Jan. 1, 2010, to employ a fledgling technology that would brand an alphanumeric code on bullet cartridges when fired.
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