Source: https://www.huronvalleyguns.com/state-gun-laws-restrictions/ct-gun-laws-restrictions/
Timestamp: 2019-03-26 04:31:13
Document Index: 55060202

Matched Legal Cases: ['§202', '§205', '§217', '§ 29', '§ 29', '§ 29', '§202', '§205', '§217']

Connecticut Gun Laws/Restrictions | Huron Valley Guns
Connecticut Gun Laws/Restrictions
CONNECTICUT GUN LAWS - OVERVIEW
General Statutes of CT, Title 29 et.al. and Title 53, §202, §205, §217.
A person must be 21 years of age to possess a handgun.
Connecticut prohibits several different categories of individuals from owning or possessing pistols:
It is unlawful to possess a handgun by a person who has been convicted of a felony;
Those convicted as a delinquent of a serious juvenile offense which includes illegal possession of a controlled substance, negligent homicide, third degree assault, first degree reckless endangerment, second degree unlawful restraint, rioting, or second degree stalking;
Those discharged from custody within the preceding 20 years after acquittal by reason of mental disease or defect;
Those confined by court order for mental illness within the preceding 12 months;
Those subject to a restraining or protective order involving physical force;
It is unlawful to possess any other firearm by a person who has been convicted of a felony.
Manufactured weight of 50 oz. or more
Magazines holding more than 10 rounds cannot be sold, purchased or imported into Connecticut.
The law does not ban possession of magazines larger than 10 rounds, but, similar to the banned assault weapons, they can only be possessed in an owner's home or place of business and at a shooting range. When they are transported to and from a shooting range, they cannot be loaded with more than 10 bullets.
The exemptions are the same as those for the banned "assault weapons".
State Statute or Definition: (53a-3 Electronic defense weapon definition: A weapon which by electric impulse or current is capable of immobilizing a person temporarily, but is not capable of inflicting death or serious physical injury.)
Carrying of electronic defense weapon unless peace officer is punishable by fine of less than $500 or less than 3 years in prison or both (53-206)
Cannot have in vehicle (29-38)
Criminal use of electronic defense weapon is Class D felony (53a-216)
Criminal possession of electronic defense weapon is Class D felony (53a-217)
No online bulletproof vest sales.
OnlOnly holders of a valid CT Carry Permit, Eligibility Certification, Long Gun Eligibility Certificate, or Ammunition Certificate and a State-Issued Photo ID will be able to purchase ammunition and/or magazines.
Is Is not prohibited from possessing a firearm for having been adjudicated as a mentally incompetent under federal law.
Generally a local government is preempted from regulating a subject matter when a state has demonstrated an intent to occupy the entire field of regulation in that area or when the ordinance at issue irreconcilably conflicts with a state law. Dwyer v. Farrell, 475 A.2d 257, 261 (Conn. 1984). Essentially absent a direct conflict with state law, broad local firearms and ammunitions regulation is possible.
PrePreemption through judicial ruling of specifically Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. § 29-28 (1977), which regulates handgun sales. Dwyer v. Farrell, 475 A.2d 257, 261 (Conn. 1984). Municipal ordinance which had the effect of prohibiting the retail of handguns unless the seller was a dealer and unless the sale occurred on premises located in an area zoned as a business district was preempted by § 29-28 regulating handgun sales, where § 29-28 did not prohibit otherwise qualified sellers from making handgun sales even though the sellers were non-dealers and lived in residential neighborhoods.
GenGeneral Statutes of Connecticut, Title 29 et.al. and Title 53, §202, §205, §217.