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| Connecticut governor Dan Malloy calls for stricter gun laws after Sandy Hook | Connecticut governor Dan Malloy calls for stricter gun laws after Sandy Hook |
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| Connecticut governor Dannel Malloy broke down on Monday as he described being with Sandy Hook parents in the immediate aftermath of last week's attack at the elementary school. | Connecticut governor Dannel Malloy broke down on Monday as he described being with Sandy Hook parents in the immediate aftermath of last week's attack at the elementary school. |
| Calling for stricter gun laws, including an assault weapons ban and a ban on large ammunition magazines, Malloy gave a press briefing after attending the funeral for six-year-old Noah Pozner. The lieutenant governor attended the funeral of Jack Pinto, also six. | Calling for stricter gun laws, including an assault weapons ban and a ban on large ammunition magazines, Malloy gave a press briefing after attending the funeral for six-year-old Noah Pozner. The lieutenant governor attended the funeral of Jack Pinto, also six. |
| Malloy was overcome with emotion and his voice cracked repeatedly as he spoke to reporters. | Malloy was overcome with emotion and his voice cracked repeatedly as he spoke to reporters. |
| "There really are no words to describe" the pain of the parents, Malloy said. "You see little coffins and your heart has to ache." | "There really are no words to describe" the pain of the parents, Malloy said. "You see little coffins and your heart has to ache." |
| Malloy also spoke of a "reluctance" on Friday to tell Sandy Hook parents their children had died, so he made the decision to tell them. | Malloy also spoke of a "reluctance" on Friday to tell Sandy Hook parents their children had died, so he made the decision to tell them. |
| "It was evident to me that there was a reluctance to tell parents and loved ones that the person they were waiting for was not going to be going home," Malloy said. | "It was evident to me that there was a reluctance to tell parents and loved ones that the person they were waiting for was not going to be going home," Malloy said. |
| "So I made a decision that rather than relying on traditional, investigative policies ... I made the decision that to have that go on any longer was wrong. | "So I made a decision that rather than relying on traditional, investigative policies ... I made the decision that to have that go on any longer was wrong. |
| "I did it." | "I did it." |
| Malloy called for federal action to restrict some weapons. | Malloy called for federal action to restrict some weapons. |
| Connecticut has an assault weapons ban on the books, but "in the absence of a federal framework … no state would be safe based on its own laws," Malloy said. "That's why a [federal] assault weapons ban was so very important." | Connecticut has an assault weapons ban on the books, but "in the absence of a federal framework … no state would be safe based on its own laws," Malloy said. "That's why a [federal] assault weapons ban was so very important." |
| "I'm a big believer in hunting rights, a big believer in the second amendment, but the reality is that this has gone too far," the Democratic governor said. | "I'm a big believer in hunting rights, a big believer in the second amendment, but the reality is that this has gone too far," the Democratic governor said. |
| The White House promised a comprehensive series of measures, including gun control legislation, on Monday to prevent similar mass shootings. | The White House promised a comprehensive series of measures, including gun control legislation, on Monday to prevent similar mass shootings. |
| Malloy said a statewide moment of silence would be observed on Friday, 21 December at 9.30am, exactly a week after the massacre began. He called on houses of worship to ring their bells 26 times for the victims killed inside the school. The gunman, Adam Lanza, also killed his mother Nancy in their home. | Malloy said a statewide moment of silence would be observed on Friday, 21 December at 9.30am, exactly a week after the massacre began. He called on houses of worship to ring their bells 26 times for the victims killed inside the school. The gunman, Adam Lanza, also killed his mother Nancy in their home. |
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