Opinion
Fairfax, VA – -(Ammoland.com)- The Connecticut state Joint Judiciary Committee has voted to pass a number of gun control bills. They will now go to their respective chambers for further consideration. Please contact your state Senator and Representative and urge them to OPPOSE Senate Bill 60 and House Bills 5345, 5725, and 7223. Click the “Take Action” button below to contact your state Senator and Representative.
Senate Bill 60 would allow law enforcement officers to demand that Connecticut handgun permit holders present their permit if the officer had reason to believe they were carrying a handgun. Current law already allows police officers to request proof of a permit, but only when they have a “reasonable suspicion” that a crime is being committed, supported by articulable facts that criminal activity is occurring.
House Bill 5345 would require any adult with a minor present in their residence to make their firearms unavailable for self-defense. Gun safety and storage is a matter of personal responsibility and every person’s situation is different. It is unreasonable to impose a one-size-fits-all government solution. Such poorly thought out schemes are without any consideration for personal circumstances.
House Bill 5725 would essentially end the centuries old practice of manufacturing firearms for personal use by imposing requirements that far exceed those in federal law. Criminals acquire the vast majority of their firearms by illegal means such as theft, straw purchase, or on the black market. Such a law would only affect hobbyists who like to design, assemble, or manufacture their own firearms.
House Bill 7223 would require handguns to be stored in a locked safe whenever in an unattended vehicle. Such an unreasonable requirement would require gun owners to fit their vehicles with a locking safe separate from any carrying cases they already use to transport handguns.
Again, please click the “Take Action” button above to contact your state Senator and Representative and urge them to OPPOSE Senate Bill 60 and House Bills 5345, 5725, and 7223.
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Wayne; Conn is the only State that the State Police are non discriminatory They don’t hate certain truck drivers THEY HATE ALL TRUCK DRIVERS!!!!!!!! Worst State to have to drive through hands down!!!!!!! People get what they vote for!!!!!
More useless laws to hinder the law abiding. See what happens when we don’t show up for all the elections?
We get stupid people making laws.
why don’t you useless gub-ment mofo’s start requiring rectal body-cams, then you won’t miss any aspect of “private” life…and you could tax output. the vast majority of you are worth less than dog-s**t to me & America (whats left of it)
All I can say is that I am glad that I never have been in Conn. and never will be. Is there a swaskai hanging next to the welcome sign on the highway?
I live in Connecticut and those politicians have gone off the deep end and they can’t swim. The problem is they want to take me with them. Every law they’re introducing or have been made into law already does nothing but hinder the law abiding citizens. A criminal is going to commit a crime no matter what the laws are. But it infringes on my rights. Not one of those laws that have been passed would have stopped any one of the terrible crimes committed in Connecticut, not one! 1) Connecticut has very strict gun laws. They don’t allow gun… Read more »
This one is a real doozy:
House Bill 7223 would require handguns to be stored in a locked safe whenever in an unattended vehicle. Such an unreasonable requirement would require gun owners to fit their vehicles with a locking safe separate from any carrying cases they already use to transport handguns.
Most jurisdictions do not allow vehicles to have hidden, locked compartments, they claim they are illegal because drugs. So, if this new proposal passes, you are damned if you do and damned if you don’t