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Worth watching: CPRC’s Testimony before Connecticut’s Joint Assembly and Senate Judiciary Committee on legislation expanding gun-free zones and the state’s assault weapons ban

Mar 15, 2022 | Talk, Testimony

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On Monday, March 14th, Dr. John Lott testified for 47 minutes before Connecticut’s Joint Assembly and Senate Judiciary Committee on several gun control bills (primarily SB 16, HB 5416, and HB 5397). A copy of Lott’s written testimony is available here.

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