And the NRA spends 4, 143 times what the Brady Campaign spends on campaign contributions, the Sunlight Foundation found.
Goddard now works for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence as assistant director for victims advocacy and federal litigation.
Reflecting concerns about unseen details about some gun rights language, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence took a more tempered view.
Connecticut is ranked fifth in the U.S. for firearms restrictions by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, an antigun violence group.
"I think the common ground clearly exists from a policy standpoint when talking about background checks, " said Dan Gross, president of the Brady Campaign to End Gun Violence.
The panel included National Rifle Association board members, the president of the Brady Campaign to End Gun Violence, law enforcement representatives and other participants voicing viewpoints across the spectrum.
According to the Sunlight Foundation, a government watchdog group, the NRA spends 66 times more on lobbying than what the Brady Campaign to End Gun violence, the country's top gun control advocacy organization, spends.
Connecticut will join states including California, New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts in having the country's strongest gun-control laws, said Brian Malte, director of mobilization for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence in Washington.
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Now, Connecticut joins states including California, New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts in having the country's strongest gun control laws, said Brian Malte, director of mobilization for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence in Washington.
An estimated 40% of all gun sales are private and therefore exempt from any background check, offering prohibited buyers a ready avenue to obtain guns, said Dan Gross, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.
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Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, a gun-control group, said lawmakers should consider expanding the definition of mental illness when it comes to barring individuals from buying guns, and possibly require purchasers to submit references.
Lesley Heilman, a spokeswoman for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said she thinks gun control might become a hotter issue once the sniper is caught and it's clear how the weapon was obtained and whether the killer has a criminal background.
The Brady Campaign, named after the former White House press secretary wounded in an assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, called the compromise a "good step forward, " while New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo described it as "better than nothing" but a sellout to the gun lobby.
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