State Rep. Steve Stafstrom and State Senator Herron Gaston on Wednesday were among local legislators who attended a White House summit on gun violence prevention.
From Lisa Hagen, CT Mirror:
As part of the new Office of Gun Violence Prevention, the Biden administration convened nearly 100 state legislators from 39 states to meet on the issue. The group included state Rep. Steven Stafstrom, D-Bridgeport; state Rep. Matt Blumenthal, D-Stamford; and state Sen. Herron Gaston, D-Bridgeport.
All three lawmakers have been supportive of gun safety measures in Connecticut. As the co-chair of the Judiciary Committee, Stafstrom negotiated the final draft of House Bill 6667, An Act Addressing Gun Violence, which was signed into law in June.
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The White House’s Safer States Legislative Convening came a day before Connecticut marks 11 years since the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting. Advocates from the state and across the country have been pushing for Congress to adopt additional gun safety measures that did not make it into last year’s Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.
