Minutes after President Barak Obama gave a national address last week on gun control reform in the wake of the Newtown killings, the Law Tribune spoke with Michael Lawlor, one of the chief architects of Connecticut’s 1993 assault weapons ban.
These days, Lawlor is the top criminal justice policy executive in the administration of Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. Twenty years ago, Lawlor was a key Democratic lawmaker shepherding the controversial assault weapons bill through the House, with passionate debate lasting until dawn. A similar federal law passed in 1994, which also banned magazines holding more than 10 rounds. That law expired in 2004.
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