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Paper shredding fundraiser Press Release
The Cheshire Lions Club will hold its annual paper shredding event, Saturday, Sept. 23, 9 a.m. to noon, in the parking lot behind Town Hall, 84 South Main St. (off of Wallingford Road). Prices for shredding are as follows: boxes (24 inches by 15 inches), $10; larger sized boxes, $15. There is no box limit. No paper clips, please. The shredding will be performed on site by ProShred of Wallingford. For peace of mind, you may observe your paper items being shredded. Proceeds go to local projects and charities, and activities the Lions Club organizes annually, such as the Easter egg hunt and Trunk-or-Treat. Also, at the paper shredding event, the Lions will be collecting used eyeglasses and hearing aids.
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Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin with U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal and community leaders at a press conference on federal ghost gun legislation at the Hartford Police Department. Donato Davis, The Connecticut Mirror
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checks be conducted before the sale of these weapons. The Biden plan was challenged in the Supreme Court by a Texas district judge who ruled that the administration had exceeded its authority under the Gun Control Act, ruling that definition of a firearm “does not cover
weapon parts, or aggregations of weapon parts, regardless of whether the parts may be readily assembled into something that may fire a projectile.” However, the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, issued a ruling that grants the Biden administration’s request to reinstate the rule pending further legal challenges. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett sided with the
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court’s three liberal justices on the decision. “I am pleased that the Supreme Court has reinstated the Biden Administration’s ghost gun rule, but this ruling is merely a temporary measure,” Blumenthal said in a statement shortly after the court’s decision. “The ongoing litigation underscores the urgent need for Congress to pass strong legislation banning ghost guns once and for all. Regulating ghost guns is a common-sense public safety measure.” According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, 70% of Americans support legislation that requires ghost guns to have serial numbers and be created by licensed manufacturers. In 2020, seven ghost guns were seized in Hartford. That number grew to 58 in 2022. So far this year, 24 ghost guns have been seized in the city.
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