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WESTON, Conn. – A proposed Weston firearms ordinance has passed muster with the Board of Selectmen and will now go to the public for review.
After several meetings filled with debate and threats from nonresidents, the town’s top board voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a townwide firearms ordinance without any public comments.
The new rules would prohibit use of a machine gun or assault weapon in Weston and also prohibit shooting a firearm for residential target practice, except for landowners who have a residential target-practice permit.
Children younger than 16 years old would not be allowed to use guns, except children ages 12 to 16 for target practice under the supervision of a parent or legal guardian.
“It was important that we do whatever we felt was necessary to protect our residents,” said First Selectman Gayle Weinstein, who credited Republican Selectman Dennis Tracey for advocating for stricter gun control regulations after the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown last December.
Weinstein attended the March for Change two weeks ago in Hartford, which called for stricter gun control laws.
“I’m pleased with where we arrived,” said Selectman David Mueller.
The Weston proposal does not include ammunition and storage requirements, though the preamble offers a broad recommendation of securing firearms and ammunition “in a matter that will prevent unauthorized access when not in use, preferably in a locked gun safe or similar enclosure.”
Weinstein hopes the state will institute rules on ammunition. “I really think all eyes are on Connecticut, and I hope Connecticut will step forward and do the right thing,” she said.
The proposal will next be reviewed by the police commission on March 11, before a March 21 public hearing.
Comments (4)
pathetic waste of time..the first one is hilarious that you cant fire a machine gun or automatic weapon..psycho's that decide to kill are probably thinking ooooh I cant kill those people because it is illegal to fire this gun...ha ha ha ...laughable
1. Prohibit use of a machine gun or assault weapon (Residents are still allowed to own the so-called assault weapons)
2. Prohibit shooting a firearm for residential target practice (Who did that in Weston when you can find gun ranges nearby?)
3. Prohibit 15 years old or younger to use guns without supervision (It's already illegal not to have your guns secured or within reach when an young person is around.)
Is that it? Two months wasted and the geniuses in Weston only came up with this? What a joke. And tell me again, how will this new ordinance prevent Newtown from happening in Weston?
"threats from nonresidents"?
I believe the threats were anonymous, otherwise some people would have been charged and prosecuted as it is illegal to make threats. But if they were anonymous how could the geniuses in Weston determine that the threats come from non-residents?
I'm confused.
The self-dramatizing and mock- heroic Weinstein, who feels that the eyes of the world are always upon her and the other select-stooges in this one-horse town, likes to claim she is acting with consummate bravery, and despite "threats" from evil outsiders. The link in this stupid article, on the "threat" issue, takes you back to another set of vague threat claims from this insufferable woman. Can we, please, SPECIFICALLY get information on these "threats"; and WHO MADE THEM? After all, Weinstein, the eyes of the world are upon you! Ignore the horselaughs.