Gov. Malloy on Exec. Gun Ban: ‘What American Doesn’t Think That’s the Right Thing?’
‘When the NRA can stop the Congress of the United States from passing common-sense legislation, we’re in trouble as a democracy’
Connecticut governor defends state's proposed executive gun ban order (CBS News)
Following the announcement that he would issue an executive order barring anyone on a terror watch list from buying a gun in the state, Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy, a Democrat, told "CBS This Morning" in an exclusive interview that the ban is a "common sense" solution.
"When we do a background check in Connecticut, we should be able to deny someone the ability to purchase a gun subject to an appeal, obviously, if they're on that list," Malloy said early Friday. "It's just common sense."
"What American doesn't think that that's the right thing to do?" he questioned.
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