Verified Firearm Specifications

CT1049 — to carry

Citation: C.G.S.A. § 29-28(b)

No state or temporary state permit to carry a pistol or revolver shall be issued under this subsection if the applicant (1) has failed to successfully complete a course approved by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection in the safety and use of pistols and revolvers including, but not limited to, a safety or training course in the use of pistols and revolvers available to the public offered by...

CT1048 — to purchase

Citation: C.G.S.A. § 29-36f(b)

The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall issue an eligibility certificate unless said commissioner finds that the applicant: (1) Has failed to successfully complete a course approved by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection in the safety and use of pistols and revolvers including, but not limited to, a safety or training course in the use of pistols and revolvers...

CT1080 — prohibited

Citation: Conn. Pub. Act No. 19-6 (2019)

Section 1. Section 29-36 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof : (a) No person shall remove, deface, alter or obliterate the name of any maker or model or any maker's number, unique serial number or other mark of identification on any firearm as defined in section 53a-3.

CT1025 — Waiting Periods: De facto (permit required)

Citation: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-37a(c)

On and after April 1, 2014, no person may purchase or receive any long gun unless such person holds a valid long gun eligibility certificate issued pursuant to section 29-37p, a valid permit to carry a pistol or revolver issued pursuant to subsection (b) of section 29-28, a valid permit to sell at retail a pistol or revolver issued pursuant to subsection (a) of section 29-28 or a valid eligibility certificate for a...

CT1035 — general

Citation: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-37a(g)

(g) No sale, delivery or other transfer of any long gun shall be made until the expiration of two weeks from the date of the application, except that such waiting period shall not apply to any federal marshal, parole officer or peace officer, or to the sale, delivery or other transfer of (1) any long gun to a holder of a valid state permit to carry a pistol or revolver issued under the provisions of section 29-28, a...

CT1034 — general

Citation: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-37a(g)

Prior to April 1, 2014, no sale, delivery or other transfer of any long gun shall be made until the expiration of two weeks from the date of the application, except that such waiting period shall not apply to any federal marshal, parole officer or peace officer, or to the sale, delivery or other transfer of (1) any long gun to a holder of a valid state permit to carry a pistol or revolver issued under the provisions...

CT1024 — Waiting Periods: De facto (permit required)

Citation: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-33

(a) On and after October 1, 1995, no person may purchase or receive any pistol or revolver unless such person holds a valid permit to carry a pistol or revolver issued pursuant to subsection (b) of section 29-28, a valid permit to sell at retail a pistol or revolver issued pursuant to subsection (a) of section 29-28 or a valid eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver issued pursuant to section 29-36f or is a...

CT1032 — general

Citation: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-33

Repealed.

CT1033 — general

Citation: Conn. P.A. 90-340 (1990)

No person, firm or corporation may deliver, at retail, any firearm, as defined in section 53a-3 of the general statutes, except a pistol or revolver, to any person unless such person makes application on a form prescribed and furnished by the commissioner of public safety, in triplicate, one copy of which shall be mailed by first class mail on the day of receipt of such application to the chief of the police...

CT1031 — general

Citation: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-33(b)

No sale, delivery or other transfer of any pistol or revolver shall be made unless the person making the purchase or to whom the same is delivered or transferred is personally known to the person selling such pistol or revolver or making delivery or transfer thereof or provides evidence of his identity in the form of a motor vehicle operator's license, identity card issued pursuant to section 1-1h or valid passport.

CT1030 — general

Citation: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-33 (1965)

No person, firm or corporation shall deliver any pistol or revolver at retail except upon written application on a form prescribed and furnished by the commissioner of state police, in triplicate, one copy of which shall be mailed by first class mail on the day of receipt of such application to the chief of the police department of the municipality within which the applicant resides or, where there is no chief of...

DE1021 — extra time

Citation: 11 Del.C. § 1448A(b)

No licensed importer, licensed manufacturer or licensed dealer shall sell, transfer or deliver from inventory any firearm, as defined in § 222 of this title, to any other person, other than a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector, unless and until being informed that it may “proceed” with the sale, transfer or delivery from inventory of a firearm by the Federal Bureau of...

DE1053 — extra time

Citation: 11 Del.C. § 1448A(b)

No licensed importer, licensed manufacturer or licensed dealer shall sell, transfer or deliver from inventory any firearm, as defined in § 222 of this title, to any other person, other than a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector, unless and until being informed that it may “proceed” with the sale, transfer or delivery from inventory of a firearm by the Federal Bureau of...

DE1001 — private sales : point of sale

Citation: Del. Code Ann. tit. 11, § 1448B(a)

No unlicensed person shall sell or transfer any firearm, as defined in § 222 of this title, to any other unlicensed person without having conducted a criminal history background check through a licensed firearms dealer in accordance with § 1448A of this title and § 904A of Title 24, as the same may be amended from time to time, to determine whether the sale or transfer would be in violation of federal or state law,...

DE1026 — private sales : point of sale

Citation: Del. Code Ann. tit. 11, § 1448B(a)

(a) No unlicensed person shall sell or transfer any firearm, as defined in § 222 of this title, to any other unlicensed person without having conducted a criminal history background check through a licensed firearms dealer in accordance with § 1448A of this title and 24 Del.C. § 904A, as the same may be amended from time to time, to determine whether the sale or transfer would be in violation of federal or state law.

DE1047 — sales from dealer : federal

Citation: 18 U.S.C.A. § 922(t)(1)

Beginning on the date that is 30 days after the Attorney General notifies licensees under section 103(d) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act that the national instant criminal background check system is established, a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer shall not transfer a firearm to any other person who is not licensed under this chapter, unless- (A) before the completion of the...

DE1046 — sales from dealer : federal

Citation: 18 U.S.C.A. § 922(t)

Beginning on the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection and ending on the day before the date that is 60 months after such date of enactment, it shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer a handgun to an individual who is not licensed under section 923, unless- (A) after the most recent proposal of such transfer by...

DE1003 — sales from dealer

Citation: Del. Code Ann. tit. 11, § 1448A

(a) No licensed importer, licensed manufacturer or licensed dealer shall sell, transfer or deliver from inventory any firearm, as defined in § 222 of this title, to any other person, other than a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector, without conducting a criminal history background check in accordance with regulations promulgated by the United States Department of Justice...

DE1024 — sales from dealer

Citation: Del. Code Ann. tit. 11, § 1448A

(a) No licensed importer, licensed manufacturer or licensed dealer shall sell, transfer or deliver from inventory any firearm, as defined in § 222 of this title, to any other person, other than a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector, without conducting a criminal history background check in accordance with regulations promulgated by the United States Department of Justice...

DE1005 — may issue

Citation: Del. Code Ann. tit. 11, §§ 1441, 1442

§ 1441. License to carry concealed deadly weapons. (a) A person of full age and good moral character desiring to be licensed to carry a concealed deadly weapon for personal protection or the protection of the person's property may be licensed to do so when the following conditions have been strictly complied with [lists conditions]... § 1442.

DE1006 — expanded 1

Citation: 11 Del.C. §§ 4-464; 465

§464: (e) The use of deadly force is not justifiable under this section if: (1) The defendant, with the purpose of causing death or serious physical injury, provoked the use of force against the defendant in the same encounter; or (2) The defendant knows that the necessity of using deadly force can be avoided with complete safety by retreating, by surrendering possession of a thing to a person asserting a claim of...

DE1052 — traditional

Common law castle doctrine. Common law castle doctrine was solidified in the United States throughout the 19th century. “By the beginning of the twentieth century it was well accepted in the United States that a man attacked in his own home had no duty to retreat before using deadly force, so long as he reasonably believed it necessary to save his own life.” Indeed, by the 1920s, sources note that the castle...

DE1008 — negligent storage

Citation: Del. Code Ann. tit. 11, § 1456(a)

A person is guilty of unlawfully permitting a minor access to a firearm when he intentionally or recklessly stores or leaves a loaded firearm within the reach or easy access of a minor and where the minor obtains the firearm and uses it to inflict serious physical injury or death upon himself or any other person.

DE1009 — state license requirement

Citation: Del. Rev. Stat. tit. 3, § 220

It shall be unlawful for any person or person, firm, company or corporation, to sell, or expose to sale, any pistol or revolver, or revolver or pistol cartridges, stiletto, steel or brass knuckles, or other deadly weapon made especially for the defense of one's person, without first having obtained a license therefor, which license shall be known as "Special License to Sell Deadly Weapons"; provided, however, that...

DE1063 — ban on high capacity magazines

Citation: Del. Code Ann. tit. 11, § 1469

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) through (e) of this section, it is unlawful for a person to manufacture, sell, offer for sale, purchase, receive, transfer, or possess a large-capacity magazine. (b)(1) A violation of this section which is a first offense which only involves possession of a large capacity magazine is a civil penalty of $100.

DE1064 — assault weapons ban

Citation: Del. Code tit. 11 § 1466

(a) Prohibitions. - Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c) of this section, it is unlawful for a person to do any of the following: (1) Transport an assault weapon into this State. (2) Manufacture, sell, offer to sell, transfer, purchase, receive, or possess an assault weapon.

DE1065 — assault weapons ban - Federal

Citation: Pub. L. 103-322 Sec. 110102

This subtitle may be cited as the “Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act”. SEC. 110102. RESTRICTION ON MANUFACTURE, TRANSFER, AND POSSESSION OF CERTAIN SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPONS.

DE1067 — ban on high capacity magazines - federal

Citation: Pub. L. 103-322 Sec. 110103

SEC. 110103. BAN OF LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES. << 18 USCA § 922 >> (a) PROHIBITION.-Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by section 110102(a), is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(w)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall be unlawful for a person to transfer or possess a large capacity ammunition feeding device.

DE1073 — public and private : possession prohibited

Citation: DE ST TI 11 § 1457C

(b) Any person who knowingly possesses a firearm while in or on a college or university safe zone is guilty of the crime of possession of a firearm in a college or university safe zone.

DE1057 — comprehensive

Citation: 22 Del.C. § 111(a)

The municipal governments shall enact no law, ordinance or regulation prohibiting, restricting or licensing the ownership, transfer, possession or transportation of firearms or components of firearms or ammunition except that the discharge of a firearm may be regulated; provided any law, ordinance or regulation incorporates the justification defenses as found in Title 11.

DE1080 — youth possession

Citation: Del. Code Ann. tit. 11, § 1448(a)(5)

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the following persons are prohibited from purchasing, owning, possessing, or controlling a deadly weapon or ammunition for a firearm within the State: …. (5) Any person under the age of 21. a. Paragraph (a)(5) of this section shall not apply to the purchase, owning, possession, or control of the following deadly weapons: 1.

DE1081 — youth possession

Citation: Del. Code Ann. tit. 11, § 1448(a)(5)

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the following persons are prohibited from purchasing, owning, possessing, or controlling a deadly weapon or ammunition for a firearm within the State: …. (5) Any person under the age of 21. a. Paragraph (a)(5) of this section shall not apply to the purchase, owning, possession, or control of the following deadly weapons: 1.

DE1077 — purchase and sale

Citation: Del. Code Ann. tit. 11, §§ 1445(4), 1448(a)(5)

(a) A person is guilty of unlawfully dealing with a dangerous weapon when... (4) He sells, gives or otherwise transfers to a person under 21 of age a firearm or ammunition for a firearm, unless permitted by § 1448 of this title.

DE1078 — purchase and sale

Citation: Del. Code Ann. tit. 11, § 1445(4)

(a) A person is guilty of unlawfully dealing with a dangerous weapon when... (4) He sells, gives or otherwise transfers to a person under 21 of age a firearm or ammunition for a firearm, unless permitted by § 1448 of this title.

DE1079 — youth possession

Citation: Del. Code Ann. tit. 11, § 1448(a)(5)

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the following persons are prohibited from purchasing, owning, possessing, or controlling a deadly weapon or ammunition for a firearm within the State: …. (5) Any person under the age of 21. a. Paragraph (a)(5) of this section shall not apply to the purchase, owning, possession, or control of the following deadly weapons: 1.

DE1011 — youth possession

Citation: Del. Code Ann. tit. 11, §§ 1448(a)(5); 1445(4)

§ 1448(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, the following persons are prohibited from purchasing, owning, possessing or controlling a deadly weapon or ammunition for a firearm within the State: ...