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Connecticut Ban on ‘Ghost Guns’ and Plastic Firearms Goes Into Effect

Matthew McDonald

A state ban on firearms assembled from parts purchased piecemeal that lack a serial number has gone into effect in Connecticut.

Connecticut House Bill 7219 took effect Tuesday, October 1, 2019. The new law requires anyone who makes a gun to get a serial number for it from the state if it doesn't already have one.

Time To ‘Radically Increase’ Electric Cars in Massachusetts, Senate Climate Change Committee Member Says
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Time To ‘Radically Increase’ Electric Cars in Massachusetts, Senate Climate Change Committee Member Says

State House News Service

Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Kathleen Theoharides told a Senate oversight committee Monday it could expect the early framework for a multi-state pact to reduce carbon emissions from transportation sources by early October, ahead of a legislative summit at Yale.

The update came during a tense hearing where Democratic state Senator Michael Barrett, of Lexington, complained about the administration's "infatuation with planning" and state Senator Marc Pacheco (D-Taunton) urged Governor Charlie Baker to use his position to push for more aggressive climate action.

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