Connecticut
permit to purchase
handgun Restrictive
CT1090 — 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...
Effective:
1995-10-01
Connecticut
prohibited possessor
handgun Restrictive
CT1094 — violent misdemeanor
Citation:
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-217c (a)
(a) A person is guilty of criminal possession of a pistol or revolver when such person possesses a pistol or revolver, as defined in section 29-27, and (1) has been convicted of (A) a felony committed prior to, on or after October 1, 2013, (B) a misdemeanor violation of section 21a-279 committed on or after October 1, 2015, or (C) a misdemeanor violation of section 53a-58, 53a-61, 53a-61a, 53a-62, 53a-63, 53a-96,...
Effective:
2022-06-01
Connecticut
prohibited possessor
handgun and long gun Restrictive
CT1097 — erpo : ex parte expanded
Citation:
CONN. GEN. STAT. § 29-38c
(a) Upon complaint on oath by any state's attorney or assistant state's attorney or by any two police officers, to any judge of the Superior Court, that such state's attorney, assistant state's attorney or police officers have probable cause to believe that a person poses a risk of imminent personal injury to himself or herself or to another person, the judge may issue a risk protection order prohibiting such person...
Effective:
2022-06-01
Connecticut
prohibited possessor
handgun and long gun Restrictive
CT1046 — dvro ex parte : expanded
Citation:
Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 46b-38a(2), 217(a)(4), 46b-15(b)
§ 46b-38a(2): “Family or household member” means any of the following persons, regardless of the age of such person: (A) Spouses or former spouses; (B) parents or their children; (C) persons related by blood or marriage; (D) persons other than those persons described in subparagraph (C) of this subdivision presently residing together or who have resided together; (E) persons who have a child in common regardless of...
Effective:
2016-10-01
Connecticut
prohibited possessor
handgun Restrictive
CT1092 — mental health : committed to mh facility
Citation:
C.G.S.A. § 53a-217c
(a) A person is guilty of criminal possession of a firearm, ammunition or an electronic defense weapon when such person possesses a firearm, ammunition or an electronic defense weapon and has been discharged from custody within the preceding twenty years after having been found not guilty of a crime by reason of mental disease or defect pursuant to section 53a-13.
Effective:
2013-10-01
Connecticut
prohibited possessor
handgun Restrictive
CT1093 — mental health : committed to mh facility : voluntary
Citation:
C.G.S.A. § 53a-217c
(a) A person is guilty of criminal possession of a firearm, ammunition or an electronic defense weapon when such person possesses a firearm, ammunition or an electronic defense weapon and has been discharged from custody within the preceding twenty years after having been found not guilty of a crime by reason of mental disease or defect pursuant to section 53a-13.
Effective:
2013-10-01
Connecticut
prohibited possessor
handgun and long gun Restrictive
CT1045 — dvro : expanded
Citation:
C.G.S.A. §§ 53a-217(a); 46b-15; 46b-38a(2)
46-15 (b) The application form shall allow the applicant, at the applicant's option, to indicate whether the respondent holds a permit to carry a pistol or revolver, an eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver, a long gun eligibility certificate or an ammunition certificate or possesses one or more firearms or ammunition.
Effective:
2001-10-01
Connecticut
prohibited possessor
handgun and long gun Restrictive
CT1042 — erpo : ex parte
Citation:
CONN. GEN. STAT. § 29-38c
(a) Upon complaint on oath by any state's attorney or assistant state's attorney or by any two police officers, to any judge of the Superior Court, that such state's attorney or police officers have probable cause to believe that (1) a person poses a risk of imminent personal injury to himself or herself or to other individuals, (2) such person possesses one or more firearms, and (3) such firearm or firearms are...
Effective:
1999-10-01
Connecticut
prohibited possessor
handgun Restrictive
CT1043 — mental health : committed to mh facility
Citation:
C.G.S.A. § 53a-217c
(a) A person is guilty of criminal possession of a pistol or revolver when he possesses a pistol or revolver, as defined in section 29-27, and (3) has been confined in a hospital for mental illness, as defined in section 17a-495 of the general statutes, within the preceding twelve months by order of a probate court
Effective:
1994-10-01 Superseded:
2013-10-01
Connecticut
prohibited possessor
handgun Restrictive
CT1044 — mental health : committed to mh facility : voluntary
Citation:
C.G.S.A. § 53a-217c
(a) A person is guilty of criminal possession of a pistol or revolver when he possesses a pistol or revolver, as defined in section 29-27, and (3) has been confined in a hospital for mental illness, as defined in section 17a-495 of the general statutes, within the preceding twelve months by order of a probate court
Effective:
1994-10-01 Superseded:
2013-10-01
Connecticut
prohibited possessor
handgun Restrictive
CT1095 — violent misdemeanor
Citation:
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-32
Any permit for the carrying of any pistol or revolver may be revoked by the authority issuing the same for cause and shall be revoked by the authority issuing the same upon conviction of the holder of such permit of a felony <<+ or of any misdemeanor specified in subsection (b) of section 29-28, as amended by section 4 of this act, or upon the occurrence of any event which would have disqualified the holder from...
Effective:
1994-10-01 Superseded:
2022-06-01
Connecticut
registration
long gun Restrictive
CT1027 — required
Citation:
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-37a(d)
Upon the sale, delivery or other transfer of the long gun, the transferee shall sign in triplicate a receipt for such long gun, which shall contain the name, address and date and place of birth of such transferee, the date of such sale, delivery or transfer and the caliber, make, model and manufacturer's number and a general description thereof.
Effective:
1990-10-01
Connecticut
registration
handgun Restrictive
CT1026 — required
Citation:
Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 29-31, 29-33E
Sec. 29-31 The vendor of any pistol or revolver shall keep a record of each pistol or revolver sold in a book kept for that purpose, which record shall be in such form as is prescribed by 27 CFR 478.125.
Effective:
1965-10-01
Connecticut
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
CT1073 — tracing firearms used in crimes
Citation:
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-36n
(a) Whenever a law enforcement agency seizes a firearm in connection with a criminal arrest or pursuant to a search warrant without an arrest or otherwise recovers a firearm, such agency shall forthwith take all appropriate steps to identify and trace the history of such firearm.
Effective:
2013-10-01
Connecticut
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
CT1069 — lost and stolen firearms
Citation:
C.G.S.A. § 53-202g(a)
Any person who lawfully possesses an assault weapon under sections 53-202a to 53-202k, inclusive, or a firearm, as defined in section 53a-3, that is lost or stolen from such person shall report the loss or theft to the organized local police department for the town in which the loss or theft occurred or, if such town does not have an organized local police department, to the state police troop having jurisdiction...
Effective:
2007-10-01
Connecticut
required reporting of lost or stolen firearms
handgun and long gun Restrictive
CT1072 — tracing firearms used in crimes
Citation:
CT ST § 54-36n
(a) Whenever a law enforcement agency seizes a firearm in connection with a criminal arrest or pursuant to a search warrant without an arrest or otherwise recovers a firearm, such agency shall forthwith take all appropriate steps to identify and trace the history of such firearm.
Effective:
1998-05-27 Superseded:
2013-10-01
Connecticut
safety training required
handgun Restrictive
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...
Effective:
1998-10-01
Connecticut
safety training required
handgun Restrictive
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...
Effective:
1994-10-01
Connecticut
untraceable firearms
handgun Restrictive
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.
Effective:
2019-10-01
Connecticut
waiting period
long gun Restrictive
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...
Effective:
2014-04-01
Connecticut
waiting period
long gun Permissive
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...
Effective:
2014-04-01
Connecticut
waiting period
long gun Restrictive
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...
Effective:
2013-04-04 Superseded:
2014-04-01
Connecticut
waiting period
handgun Restrictive
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...
Effective:
1995-10-01
Connecticut
waiting period
handgun Permissive
CT1032 — general
Citation:
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-33
Repealed.
Effective:
1995-10-01
Connecticut
waiting period
long gun Permissive
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...
Effective:
1990-10-01 Superseded:
2013-04-04
Connecticut
waiting period
handgun Restrictive
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.
Effective:
1975-10-01 Superseded:
1995-10-01
Connecticut
waiting period
handgun Restrictive
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...
Effective:
1965-10-01 Superseded:
1975-10-01