Gun Registry Supported by Norwalk Police Chief (CT)

[jpak]

http://norwalk.patch.com/articles/gun-registry-supported-by-norwalk-police-chief

With crime and violence on the minds of many in Norwalk, the state Legislature is considering a bill to create a gun offender registry. Today in Hartford State Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney, a Democrat representing Hamden and New Haven, testified that Connecticut needs a database that would help law enforcement to better combat gun violence.

For Norwalk's Police Chief, Harry Rilling, the database would be extremely good to have.

The Senate Bill 695 would establish the first such registry in the nation. Looney appeared before the General Assembly’s Public Safety Committee and said of the proposal that was suggested by New Haven's police chief.

“Chief Limon told me he felt that it would be the single most effective new tool we could provide to law enforcement, to help prevent and combat the plague of gun violence occurring on city streets throughout our state,” Looney said.

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[Kolesar]

1. & A registry won't prevent scared people from owning a "gun" for "self defense"...eom

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

2. Nothing can compel felons to register illegal guns.

By definition, forcing someone to register an illegally possesed gun would amount to self-incrimination.

Unless the registry is only a list of people who have previous gun offenses.
In which case, I can't see how that would be helpful at all.
By definition, wouldn't anyone on that list already be prohibited from buying anymore guns?
I can't imagine it would be anymore useful that a drug-user registry.

[savalez]

3. It's a gun "offender" registry, not a gun registry. Misleading headline.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

5. Don't cops already keep a record of criminals in a database ?

What else good will this registry do?

[LAGC]

4. Cops already know who the gun offenders are.

They have full access to a suspect's records each time they call in a driver's license.

Another "feel-good" law that won't accomplish anything.

[jpak]

7. Professional law enforcement begs to differ

yup

[Maine_Nurse]

8. No, most of them do not.

Most law enforcement professionals are strong supporters of 2A, but there are always those with differing opinions.

[YllwFvr]

9. i know a lot of cops

and they are all pro gun freedom, minus ones dislike of open carry

[east texas lib]

6. I can see the headline now...

"Chief Lemon supports Loony Law". Oh yeah.