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Frankie & Johnny: Jan. 27, 2023: Shootings in California reverberate in Connecticut. New Haven marks the Lunar New Year. Lawmakers consider gun violence proposals.

With his second round of gun-safety proposals in four days, Gov. Ned Lamont would update Connecticut’s 1993 ban on military-style weapons, strengthen its post-Sandy Hook law and generally test the desire of the public and General Assembly for further gun controls.

Frankie and Johnny mark one decade since the Sandy Hook shooting, discuss a gun incident at an East Granby elementary school, and note a long-shot push for Puerto Rican statehood.

Military-style weapons purchased prior to bans are ‘grandfathered’ under Connecticut law.

"What happened in Newtown changed the politics and the culture of this country," Murphy said. "But it also set off the gun lobby in a pretty radical direction."

Monsignor Robert Weiss was a spiritual first responder at Sandy Hook and officiated the funerals of eight of the 20 children who died. He talks about what he's learned in the past 10 years.

Some police chiefs in Connecticut say their departments had been efficiently dealt with suicide threats and the new "red flag" law is placing extra burdens on their investigations.

Frankie & Johnny: Oct. 28, 2022. Our pre-Halloween editon includes election updates, penalties for Infowars' Alex Jones, and injury ‘horror’ for UConn women’s basketball.

On this episode of Audacious, meet Manuel Oliver. He's the father of Joaquin, who was one of 17 murdered students and teachers in Parkland, Florida in 2018.

When two officers were killed and another wounded in Bristol, they were responding to a domestic violence call. It's the most dangerous kind of call for Connecticut law enforcement.