CCDL Blog: Senate Minority Leader Supports the 2nd Amendment, But…

Senate Minority Leader Supports the 2nd Amendment, But…

Editor's note:  With all due respect to Senator Fasano, his ignorance on the topic was astonishing!  There is no such thing as an AR-16.  Background checks have been mandatory for decades.

Len Fasano is Connecticut’s Senate Minority Leader. In 2013 he proudly supported Governor Malloy’s gun bans. This year however, he opposed HB5054, a gun confiscation bill.

On June 15th he was a guest on 94.9fm’s Lee Elci Show. Once again, the hot topic is gun control, and Fasano had PLENTY to say on the subject.

Before we go any further, take a listen to what he had to say about gun control and so-called “assault weapons”.

Now, CCDL prides itself on our attempts to build bridges and have good relationships with legislators, and that includes Len Fasano; but uninformed responses in the media that are way off base concern us. Referring to the AR-15 sporting rifle as an “AR-16”, calling it a “machinegun” (it’s not) and discussing how it’s used by the military (it’s not) just perpetuates the wrong information and outright lies being spread by the anti-rights crowd.

As an organization, and as voting citizens of Connecticut, we do not understand why our legislators continually fixate on inanimate objects instead of tackling the root causes of these types of problems.
We also feel that those legislators taking opposing views should at least have the basic knowledge and understanding about what they are talking about. Especially one of the leaders who was part of a historical legislative session surrounding exactly this key issue. Despite his attendance at a legislators only shooting event CCDL hosted last year to educate lawmakers, Fasano STILL does not appear to understand the differences between the AR-15 available to civilians that shoots 1 bullet per pull of the trigger (exactly like granddad’s old hunting rifle), and the similar looking but functionally different fully automatic M16 rifle that is only available to military and law enforcement; not the general public.

Election time is right around the corner. It is imperative that Connecticut gun owners do everything they can to get people elected who understand our rights and will fight to protect them. Contact to your current legislators. Educate them on the FACTS about firearms. Remind them how important your rights are, and that you’ll be voting for those who 100% support those rights. Don’t vote for someone who claims to support the 2nd Amendment, but then bargains it away when it comes up for a vote.

CCDL will soon be releasing our first round of endorsements to help you in finding pro2A candidates to support. When it comes out, PLEASE find at least one candidate you can donate some time/money toward.

Our rights depend on it!