State lawmakers seek new legislation on fake guns

<p>Connecticut lawmakers are pushing for new legislation to help distinguish fake guns from real guns. </p>

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State lawmakers seek new legislation on fake guns

<p>Connecticut lawmakers are pushing for new legislation to help distinguish fake guns from real guns. </p>

Top Stories

Crews extinguish Sound Beach brush fire as all of Long Island remains under high risk

Warm, dry, and breezy with elevated fire risk on Long Island

Crews respond to house fire in Seaford

Jasmine rice sold at Wegmans, other stores recalled for possible 'foreign material'

USPS proposes raising price of first-class stamps

Suffolk officer treated for smoke inhalation after Huntington house fire

Man wanted for stealing almost $9K from victim’s bank account in Valley Stream

Smithtown council clash turns violent, 1 member charged with assault

Suffolk DA details how 'Gilgo Beach serial killer' Rex Heuermann lured his victims to their deaths

LIVE COVERAGE: Rex Heuermann pleads guilty to Gilgo Beach serial killings, admits responsibility to eighth slaying

Long Beach woman arrested after allegedly trying to snatch toddler out of stroller

Nassau County man acquitted of murder after 30 years now suing the county

New York state offering to buy homes in certain flood areas of Mastic Beach

Firefighters rescue osprey entangled in fishing line

Roosevelt man convicted of murder in 2022 robbery behind Chuck E. Cheese in Hempstead

Confessed Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann to work with FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit

Nassau police hold birthday parade for 103-year-old WWII veteran

$2M second-prize Mega Millions ticket sold in Deer Park

Celtic Crossing in Kings Park closing months after liquor license was suspended

Matthew Morrison brings Bobby Darin to life in 'Just In Time'

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State lawmakers seek new legislation on fake guns

<p>Connecticut lawmakers are pushing for new legislation to help distinguish fake guns from real guns.&nbsp;</p>

Top Stories

Crews extinguish Sound Beach brush fire as all of Long Island remains under high risk

Warm, dry, and breezy with elevated fire risk on Long Island

Crews respond to house fire in Seaford

Jasmine rice sold at Wegmans, other stores recalled for possible 'foreign material'

USPS proposes raising price of first-class stamps

Suffolk officer treated for smoke inhalation after Huntington house fire

Man wanted for stealing almost $9K from victim’s bank account in Valley Stream

Smithtown council clash turns violent, 1 member charged with assault

Suffolk DA details how 'Gilgo Beach serial killer' Rex Heuermann lured his victims to their deaths

LIVE COVERAGE: Rex Heuermann pleads guilty to Gilgo Beach serial killings, admits responsibility to eighth slaying

Long Beach woman arrested after allegedly trying to snatch toddler out of stroller

Nassau County man acquitted of murder after 30 years now suing the county

New York state offering to buy homes in certain flood areas of Mastic Beach

Firefighters rescue osprey entangled in fishing line

Roosevelt man convicted of murder in 2022 robbery behind Chuck E. Cheese in Hempstead

Confessed Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann to work with FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit

Nassau police hold birthday parade for 103-year-old WWII veteran

$2M second-prize Mega Millions ticket sold in Deer Park

Celtic Crossing in Kings Park closing months after liquor license was suspended

Matthew Morrison brings Bobby Darin to life in 'Just In Time'

<p>Connecticut lawmakers are pushing for new legislation to help distinguish fake guns from real guns. </p>