In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown in December 2012 , Malloy pushed for strict new gun control laws . In April 2013 , he signed into law a bill that passed the legislature with bipartisan support and required universal background checks , banned magazines with a capacity of more than 10 rounds , created the country 's first registry for dangerous-weapon offenders and added over 100 types of gun to the state 's assault weapons ban
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Dannel Malloy