Stamford city reps push to revise state gun open-carry law
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Gun advocates peacefully assembled in front of the Stamford Government Center before leaving as a group to march through the city streets of Stamford, Connecticut on June 13, 2020 openly carrying their fire arms.Matthew Brown / Hearst Connecticut Media
STAMFORD Imagine dropping off your child at school one morning and, just as you’re pulling away, you see a person with a handgun strapped to their hip walking right by the school.
Alarmed, you might call 911, but under existing state law, that gun bearer would not be required to show police proof that the gun is legally owned, unless an officer has reasonable suspicion a crime is being committed.
Without order, there s chaos: Stamford looks to regulate short-term rentals like Airbnb
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STAMFORD Like most things in Stamford, the conversation about short-term rentals began with a parking problem.
Rep. Rodney Pratt, who represents the West Side, in 2018 started getting complaints about strangers parking on the street. Neighbors started raising an eyebrow at people coming and going from the West Side after short stints or parking their cars on the street. People asked about the safety of their community, and the safety of their kids.
“You don’t want your neighbor with two kids worried about the strange guy that came in next door, or the strange girl that came in and left, or the group of people that came and were there for four days partying,” said Pratt, D-9.
they want to be safe. they want organization, that type of thing. safety isn t the only concern inside pendleton. education and counseling is also mandatory for release. people are having their own problems. this is the time we re going to talk about across the yard, counselor stephanie roberts is letting offenders in unit d-9 vent. because i know you all have issues you d like to talk about. trust me. i m your counselor, i know. because you always come running to me. this is our time to get them out. a lot of these kids have longer rap sheets than most adults. they ve been in front of the judge 20 times already. everybody has labeled them, you re no good, nothing but a troublemaker. people are scared. people don t want to help them or they have given up on them. so, is there anything you guys want to say to one another? i think you guys are doing a lot better as a unit not getting in trouble every day. 18-year-old adam cameron has lived on d-9 for six months.
she was going to try to actually have me come home and stay with her, but she doesn t have the money for it. out of 12 messages i had today, 7 messages had to do with behavior problems going on in the unit. stephanie roberts is a psychiatric social services counselor in pendleton s d-9 unit. over the past week, d-9 has had its share of trouble. we ve had people battering staff, we ve had people urinating under doors. we ve had a lot going on. so, i want to see from your guys perspective what is going on in this unit that is leading to this negative behavior and how can we change it. a lot of them have had lives that you and i would never we might not survive through. you know, some of these kids have had to toughen up and be adults since the time they were 8. what does a leadership role mean? okay. that you do what s right at all times. in front of your back and behind your back. do the right thing at the
i think you guys are doing a lot better as a unit not getting in trouble every day. 18-year-old adam cameron has lived on d-9 for six months. today is his last group session. in just a few days, he will be released to the only people who have stuck by him through his life of juvenile crime, his grandparents. i m scared. it s going to be real hard for me because i ve been locked up so long, this is what i really know right here. when i get out, i m going to be able to do whatever i want. it s going to be tempting. the people that s in my life they re going to be, do this, do this, come to this party, get drunk with us. i m going to have to say no. it s going to be hard. what have you learned from being locked up in here? it s not cool. what is your purpose when you leave here? et a job, don t come back. if they have a goal in nd, most likely, they re going to pursue it. if they don have goal, they re going to go across the street and go to the big, big prison and i don t