Conn. Police Chief Suspends City Permits for Gun Shows in Response to Sandy Hook Shooting
Waterbury Chief of Police Michael Gugliotti (Photo Credit:Â wtbypd.org)
WATERBURY, Conn. (TheBlaze/AP) — The police chief in a Connecticut city has halted permits for gun shows, saying he’s concerned any firearms purchased there might one day be used in a mass shooting. Considering the furor raging on both sides of the gun control debate, this action will certainly capture attention.
The Republican-American reports that Waterbury Police Superintendent Michael Gugliotti imposed a moratorium the day after the Dec. 14 killings of 20 children and six educators at a grade school not far away in Newtown.
He says he’s concerned a gun used in a future mass shooting could be traced to a purchase made at a show in Waterbury.
Westchester Collectors Inc. had planned a firearm and knife show for Jan. 12 and 13. Show organizer Newman B. Chittenden says canceling the gun show will not improve security.
A screen shot from an ad for an upcoming gun show in Waterbury, Conn.
He says that vendors will turn away people who have mental health problems and that they use common sense when evaluating whether to sell. The company’s web site currently shows that the upcoming gun show is cancelled.
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Comments (123)
Joisey
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:23pmThe back alley “gun shows” where the criminals buy their guns will proceed without interruption, as they ignore all these laws and decrees anyway. No background checks, no waiting periods, no limits.
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naughtycal
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:32pmSounds like a law suit a brewing? Police are there to enforce the laws and not laws can deny citizens their second amendment right anymore than deny them their first amendment rights…
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tonypro
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:38pmApparently their anti-gun laws are already working so well for them.
What an idiot…..Gugliotti….Giuliani… I fail to see the difference.
This guy needs to have a conversation with the Pa. police chief that is proposing a law for his town that will not recognize any laws passed federally, or locally that is not in harmony with “will not be infringed”.
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Cavallo
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:56pmI would love to do that if I wasn’t suspicious that the weapon I was buying didn’t have a ballistic match to some 7-11 clerk’s murder. Fresh, still in the box? You bet I would.
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stablepar
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 3:00pmi believe you could get abortions before the gov’t got involved. now the solid citizens have to compete with the crooks to acquire their guns. what can possibly go wrong here?
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booger71
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 3:11pmAll gun dealers that sell at gun shows must by federal law do background checks just like if you went in their stores. Now some states like mine allow private individuals to sell at gun shows without doing background checks, and this is no different than making a private transaction between private individuals. And no, criminals don’t obtain their guns at shows, they either steal them, or buy them off the black market such as from gangs.
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Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 3:33pmUh, Mr Police Chief, what you are doing is unconstitutional. Oh buy, I don’t’ think this gun control nonsense is going to turn out very well. Just saying…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37plswKHm1I
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Fecal_Matters
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 4:45pmHmm 2nd Amendment…State laws…uh Interference with lawful commerce. Smells to me like a lawsuit for this DA!
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Techcon
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 11:43pm“A tragedy was averted today when a man licensed to carry a concealed firearm shot and killed a would be mass murderer…trace records show the gun was purchased lawfully at the Waterbury Knife and Gun show…”
Q: Why do liberals only dream of death, destruction, and negativity?
A: They’re sick in the head.
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Secret Squirrel
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 12:01amAnother idiot politician trying to get his name in the news.
The guns used in the Sandy Hook shooting had nothing to do with gun shows.
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hyper
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 8:29amThey should allow the show to go on as planned with a section set up to sell balls. Maybe the police chief and pick up a set fairly cheap.
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Soulfire1975
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 9:14amAmen,
I was telling a friend about how they want to ban guns and he said it wouldn’t happen. BUT I should have reminded him of this.
My wife likes watching pit boss
a guy was talking about how they banned them in denser and they came in to his house and took his dog
because pitbulls are concidered dangerous. People are so blind and don’t think they will do that with guns
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Wolf
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 8:05pm“…he’s concerned any firearms purchased there might one day be used in a mass shooting….”
Yah, riiiiiight- and one day the sun will rise in the west. What a moron.
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Wolf
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 8:09pm@ Gold… what this PC liberal communist is really saying is he’s concerned that one of those guns may be used against him when he tries to take guns from civilians.
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muffythetuffy
Posted on January 5, 2013 at 9:52pmWE NOW HAVE TWO GOVERNMENTS
The legal one we vote for and the Police who do as they please without any oversight. If they had put one of their elite armed cops in that school years ago, all those kids would be alive today. Because of them we must all go out any my the tools we need to protect ourselves against the police and the criminals. Often its hard to tell the difference.
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muffythetuffy
Posted on January 6, 2013 at 11:09amOFTEN GUNS USED TO KILL WERE GUNS POLICE HAD TAKEN FROM CRIMINALS AND CERTIFIED HAD BEEN DESTROYED.
The police state police are never asked to explain how these killings happen. Its not the police who decide about shutting down gun shows or shops because someone may get shot. Are the police saying only stolen or donated guns can be used to kill? How can all these criminals be committing suicide or is it really the police being executioners?
Mothers stop telling your babies that the police are our friends. They are not our friends anymore.
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muffythetuffy
Posted on January 6, 2013 at 11:19amPOLICE WILL ELIMINATE JURY TRIALS LIKE THEY HAVE ELIMINATED SEARCH WARRANTS
Why have a trial by jury, the police can just carry out their kind of justice at the scene of the crime. The police like being able to attack mentally impaired people and people with diabetes. They like using the TASER guns because the 23000 volt shock results in short term memory loss. If TASERed, the victim cannot remember.
It may be a big mistake having armed police in schools. When cute looking mothers come to school, the armed cop may decide to perform a TSA style grouping. They are already performing virginal cavity searches on cute teen girls for routine traffic stops.
Mothers, stop telling you babies the police are our friends.
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daniel3839
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:18pmThats it you communist! Violate everyone else’s rights because of the acts of ONE LUNATIC! What if the guy would of thrown a few pipe bombs in the kids class room? You going to shut down all the fricken hardware stores in Connecticut!? SAME PRINCIPLE!
I would sue the police dept from he11 to breakfast! This is getting ABSURD!
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TH30PH1LUS
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:34pmPeople of Waterbury need to get vocal with Michael Gugliotti, and let him know bad decision-making leads to joblessness.
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civilwarcometh
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:44pmSure sounds like 1930′s communism don’t it.http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/03/newtown-shooting-video-game-buyback first it was the book’s know it’s the games..
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jimmymac1
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 4:44pmRemember police do not protect people they protect the law. Police cannot and rarely protect people they show up after the fact. Laws work for people who will obey them, so why is it we only punish those who obey laws by deminishing their rights I guess it looks good and seems like you are doing something when infact you are impotent.
Police need to nut up and do the job they were hired to do and quit trying to look important by harassing Honest citizens,
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muffythetuffy
Posted on January 6, 2013 at 11:11amHOME REPAIR AND HARDWARE STORES MUST STOP SELLING PLUMBING SUPPLIES
Plumbing supplies must be sold only at police stations.
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GhostOfJefferson
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:17pmHere’s a thought. Screw a “permit”. Pick one of the more affluent people’s yards, and have a big ol’ invite where people can come and horse trade (so to speak) as they wish. There are no laws against private trades. Make it a barbeque event.
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Cavallo
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:24pmLocate one county or town over. I am sure there is a nearby community that would love the increased traffic for their businesses. Mark Waterbury as a fascist hell hole to be avoided.
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civilwarcometh
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:30pmIt’s just getting started their. This is going to get bad if they don’t stop this crapp.http://weaselzippers.us/2013/01/04/insanity-connecticut-democrat-wants-to-publish-names-and-addresses-of-all-gun-owners-in-the-state/
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CatB
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:36pmI would make certain to put it JUST OUT of this jurisdiction .. so that no one has to travel too far ;-)
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Cavallo
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 3:09pm@Cat, You’d want it far enough away so that he cannot benefit from the taxes that increased patronage would generate. You don’t want patrons and dealers patronizing restaurants and hotels in his jurisdiction.
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SandboxSoldier
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 5:47pmWell Said Ghost.
Just have a Neighborhood garage sale.
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perry1980
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:12pmLadies and Gentlemen this is Your 2nd Amendment rights being taken away. This is phase 1. Next come the bands on assault weapons, the limiting of your magazine capacity later this month.
Wake Up America.
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jhrusky
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:18pmHas there ever been a single gun incident in which the gun(s) were traced back to being purchased at a gun show?
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mikem1969
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:25pmPerry, I am locked and loaded. Plenty of high cap mags and ammo for mine and my wife’s guns. I WILL NOT GIVE THE GUNS UP, but I will give the lead freely to anyone who tries to take them. I will fight for my rights to the death if need be. FREEDOM IS NOT FREE, sometimes the price is blood.
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subic
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:30pmSimple solution, Gun Show admins take business elswhere. Let the potential customers express their disgust on the pacified Police Chief.
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Dismayed Veteran
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:11pmI say ban tires. This eliminates automobile accidents and death. No bicyles to dodge. No airplanes to fly into buildings. No semis clogging the roadway. No lawnmowers or snowblowers to make noise. Think of all the lives saved by this simple ban plus we reduce our carbon footprint. Go Green. Ban tires.
On the serious side, I guess I can understand this decision because it is made on emotion and the horror of so many young lives taken. He is just not using rational thinking. Rationally, he does know that guns don’t kill, people do. He is engaged in magical thinking. If he can’t handle murder, he shouldn’t be a cop.
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John.Galt
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:09pm“He says he’s concerned a gun used in a future mass shooting could be traced to a purchase made at a show in Waterbury.”
Well, I’m concerned that a gun might be stolen from a COP, SO PLEASE DISARM ALL COPS!
moron.
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IndyGuy
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:13pmHeadline should read…”Conn. Police Chief Suspends Common Sense in Response to Sandy Hook Shooting”
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garbagecanlogic
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:09pmIf the police chief reacts this way – can you imagine how the investigation is going in nearby Newtown? I think he needs to find a new job as his reasoning powers are nil.
Praise Be To Obama. Psalm 109:8
The U.S. Out Of The U.N.
The U.N. Out Of The U.S.
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ArmedAndReallyPissed
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:28pm“Praise Be To Obama. Psalm 109:8″
I much prefer Heil Obama, mein Führer. 28 past 1 O’Clock
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John.Galt
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:08pmGee, why doesn’t he just declare Conn a gun-free state. Bunch of lib-tards up there anyway…
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GhostOfJefferson
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:13pmThey pretty much have already. That the mother even had any firearm, let alone semi-automatic rifle(s), is astounding.
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ArmedAndReallyPissed
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:02pmSmart thinking. Now if EVERY State would do the same, we would NEVER has any more MASS SHOOTINGS. Problem solved………..<<<<<<<<<<< insert Sarcasm here.
This is nothing more than Job self preservation. Nice try, but no Cigar.
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ArmedAndReallyPissed
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:15pmNEVER “HAS” any more ???? Ooooppppssss. My bad.
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sparkyrules
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:56pmEverybody deals with these massacres and killers in their own way,but this won’t change anything.Its nothing but a ‘feel good’ action,and making gun shows look bad.There’s many other options available for legal gun purchases.
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rick20033
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:54pmI’m getting pretty tired of people with guns trying to keep the rest of us from having guns.
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BODYBAG
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:03pmBingo
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Evileye
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:13pmMost Gun Laws are based on Interstate commerce.
Why not then turn the table on them and use the same laws against them.
When you travel across state line to a gun show and are then prevented for selling your wears
they are interfering with interstate commerce.
If the gun you are trying to sell was Manufactured in a different state they are also guilty.
If you pass threw California on your way to Arizona to compete with your AR-`15.
If they forbid you, they are in violation of intestate commerce.
How about the Motel. Gas station that will not get your Business. Is this not Interstate commerce?
Sue Them And force them to adhere to the United State Constitution.
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Cavallo
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:27pmI believe Montana passed a law that allows firearms that violate federal bans to be sold only to Montana residents, and must be manufactured in the State.
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GhostOfJefferson
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:41pm@Cavallo
Correct. And it is, last I heard (admittedly a while back), unchallenged.
I also like the notion of suing these IT-10T’s for violating interstate commerce. :)
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RaydocX
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:53pmHe had better take the guns away from his deputies…
I am worried one might be overpowered and the firearm used to commit murder.
In fact, he had better not let them drive… their cruisers could be used for murder as well…
and their tazers, and night sticks… mace could contribue to incapacitating a victim who was then killed.
the argument is ridiculous, and the implements of murder are too vast and varied to prevent people with malice in their heart from obtaining and using some weapon.
this is an example of trying to implement a police state, preventing LAW ABIDING citizens from becoming gun owners. It is beyond the scope of his position, or if within the scope, he is using his judgement in a clearly biased way, which should be grounds for his removal.
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GuruMeditation
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:52pmLame.
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tothepoint
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:51pmIs this man then going to refuse to allow Obama and Holder to come into his state since they were responsible for selling guns and ammo to Mexican druggies who then used the weapons to murder hundreds, including Americans?
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targetshooter71
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:51pmlooks like another over weight liberal
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blanco5
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:50pmConn not on my most likely to visit state.
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BODYBAG
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:06pmNever been there —– its a state I will never see in this lifetime along with
MA and a few other northeast liberal dog bed states.
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Endstatism
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:50pmI think the police department should be held liable for the financial losses by the gun show promoter. The promoter spent money advertising and renting the building for the show.
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banjarmon
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:50pmKNEE JERK reaction…Stupid!!!
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stopprintn
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:49pmthis action will certainly capture attention.
Says alot right there.
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Fubared
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:47pmWhat law is being enforced? Emotional wuss more likely. Free trade and enterprise en lieu of feel good blather. Those people will travel, will buy and sell elsewhere. Wankers.
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GhostOfJefferson
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:02pmYep.
Gun shows in Ohio are robust and friendly. Our governor sees the problem not as firearms, but as mentally unstable loons being let loose in society. I strongly recommend any and all remaining freedom minded patriots living in the Authoritarian Zones to trek out of there and take a trip to Ohio and load up on some private trade firearms! Quick, before they start issuing state-to-state passports! :)
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Popp40
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:47pmJust another step in their attempt to ban legal citizens to own guns. The gun show loop hole is nothing but an attempt to shut gun shows down. Once they do this then they will go after the gun shops. This is their plan and it is working flawlessly!
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freedoug
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:46pmThe only way to stop a GOOD Guy with a GUN is a MORON with a MENU!
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mcsledge
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:45pmDid he also close down the abortion clinics? It’s hypocritical to state that you respect life (and take actions you think help) and allow for/condone the killing of life at its infancy.
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blanco5
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:49pmNow, now, stop trying to make sense!
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kaydeebeau
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:50pmexactly!!!
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jackact
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:44pmHow pathetic.
Must be up for re-election.
People kill people ~ not GUNS!
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RightUnite
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 1:44pmSeriously?? Well, then he better start banning snack foods, because they one day may make someone FAT for crying out loud!!
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joeslick
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 2:24pmHe’s a police chief…which means he’s a politician. He’s probably being manipulated by a mayor, or councilman/woman or maybe even his wife. He’s testing the winds and trying to find the a$$ to kiss that will benefit him the most. Like I said, he’s a politician.
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