She does support gun control measures such as an assault weapons ban, increased background checks and greater liability for manufacturers.
Governor Malloy defended the substance of the new laws, which include increased background checks.
Baseball increased background checks last August, after it became public that the F.B.I. was investigating the N.B.A. referee Tim Donaghy for betting on games.
After the Mitchell report was released in 2007, baseball increased background checks for clubhouse personnel and now tests them for performance-enhancing drugs.
A dues increase would also enable the union to generate extra revenues to pay for another future measure intended to protect players, and that is increased background checks on agents.
The administration's more ambitious proposals had already been scaled back; the new bill proposed primarily to increase background checks on would-be gun-buyers.
We can increase background checks; we can ban certain types of weapons – but then, again, we cannot seize those that are currently, lawfully, owned.
And in the Senate, which had its own Democratic push to demand votes on gun control last week, Chris Murphy's attempt to close the "gun loophole" and increase background checks at gun shows and online failed.
Rather than make political scapegoats out of Muslims and Arabs, it would be far more effective and heroic for members of Congress to focus on increasing background checks on all would-be gun purchasers.
Increased background checks required today for airline travel, border crossings and employment also make it more likely that individuals wanted for arrest will be picked up by the police or customs officials somewhere along their route, officers said.
