Connecticut lawmakers have reached a deal for what is being touted as the strictest gun-control package in the country. The legislation comes more than three months after a gunman killed 27 people and himself in Newtown. It would require universal background checks for all gun sales; mandate state-issued eligibility certificates for buying rifles, shotguns and ammunition; and expand the state’s ban on assault weapons. It also creates a statewide registry for those convicted of weapons offenses. Despite pleas from the family members of Newtown shooting victims, the deal will not ban the possession of high-capacity magazines, although it will ban any new sales of magazines with more than 10 bullets. Assault weapons and magazines banned under the new legislation could no longer be purchased in Connecticut, but those who currently own them could keep them.