claim: "connecticut has the fifth toughest gun control laws in the country, including an assault weapons ban that bans 35 different weapons."
author: jack kingston
evidence_1: oct 2, 2017 ... as america grapples with the fallout of yet another mass ... by the time he was  finished, he had killed 35 people and wounded 23 more. ... semi-automatic  shotguns and rifles, or about one-fifth of all firearms ... in the decade before the  port arthur massacre, there had been 11 mass shootings in the country.
evidence_2: "connecticut has the fifth toughest gun control laws in the country, including an  assault weapons ban that bans 35 different weapons." — politifact georgia on ...
evidence_3: feb 20, 2018 ... american voters support stricter gun laws 66 - 31 percent, the highest level ... gun  owners and 62 - 35 percent support from white voters with no college ... support  for gun control on other questions is at its highest level since the ... 67 - 29  percent for a nationwide ban on the sale of assault weapons;; 83 - 14 ...
evidence_4: apr 17, 2013 ... for the fifth year in a row, the brady campaign has issued a ... here is the top 10  list of the states with the strictest gun laws. the state constitutional provisions and  other state laws are quoted from nra-ila. ... brady campaign score: 35 ...  regulated firearms, which consist of handguns and assault weapons.
evidence_5: mar 5, 2018 ... christopher murphy, a democrat from connecticut, urged trump to support ...  there are eight states and the district of columbia that have laws in effect that ...  how does the u.s. gun homicide rate compare with other developed countries?  .... “examined laws banning assault weapons in the context of other ...