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The gun legislation package requires new state –issued eligibility certificates for the purchase of any rifle, shotgun or ammunition, as well as new registration requirements for existing magazines that carry 10 or more bullets.

The deal is "the most comprehensive package in the country because of its breadth," Senate Minority Leader John McKinney told the Montreal Gazette. 

The sweeping package will likely spark arguments among Connecticut gun supporters, especially after the NRA amped up its lobbying efforts in the state against tighter gun proposals.

Robert Dillon, a Connecticut resident, said the state should enforce the gun control laws already in place before making tighter restrictions

"Time to move," Dillon wrote on Facebook. "Sad sad day when people feel that making new laws will stop tragedies."

Dom Basile, a firearms instructor from Watertown, Conn., told the Courier Press in March that he opposes proposals to require guns owners to register annually,and called the proposed gun laws constitutionally questionable.

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The state's new gun legislation also creates the nation’s first statewide dangerous weapon offender registry, and an  “ammunition eligibility certificate,” which imposes immediate universal background checks for all firearms sales, and stretches the state’s definition of assault weapons to 100 new types of firearms.

The eligibility certificate would be needed to purchase any rifle, shotgun or ammunition, and would require a buyer to be fingerprinted and take a firearms training course. 

The newly banned assault weapons could no longer be bought or sold in the state, and those who already legally owned a weapon will now have to register it with the state.

“No gun owner will lose their gun,” House Minority Leader Lawrence Cafero Jr., a Norwalk Republican, told the Los Angeles Times. “No gun owner will lose their magazines.”

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However, the landmark package did not include everything that anti-gun supporters and Sandy Hook Elementary School relatives asked for.

Ron Pinciaro, executive director of Connecticut Against Gun Violence, told the New York Times that he was disappointed that the ban on possession of high-capacity magazines was not approved and that the bill would have little effect on handgun violence.

Some Newtown parents who lost children in the shooting say there are some loopholes in the new legislation. For example, allowing magazines that carry 10 or more bullets to remain legal instead of banning them all together.

The bill will go to both houses of the General Assembly on Wednesday and is expected to pass easily. It will then be signed into law by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who has helped lead efforts to tighten the state's gun laws.

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