Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy (D) announced plans on Thursday to sign an executive order in his state banning the sale of firearms to people on federal terrorism watch lists. While some critics believe the regulations are unfair to innocent people who are placed on watch lists and that the law wouldn't have prevented shootings such as the San Bernardino massacre, Malloy is heeding a call President Obama made at a federal level in a national address on Sunday.
"What could possibly be the argument for allowing a terrorist suspect to buy a semi-automatic weapon?" Obama had asked.
"Like all Americans, I have been horrified by the recent terrorist attacks in San Bernardino and Paris. This should be a wake-up call to all of us. This is a moment to seize in America — and today I'm here to say that we in Connecticut are seizing it,” Malloy said Thursday.
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Connecticut is the first state in the nation to undertake such measures.
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