Yesterday, February 10th more than a dozen dedicated CCDL general members and officers made the trip  to the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, to attend the Public Safety and Security Committee hearing. There were 10 proposed bills pertaining to gun legislation on the agenda!

Not all of these proposed bills were anti-gun. In fact some were actually written to ease the burden placed on law abiding gun owners in the state. One of these is:

HB 5623 AN ACT AUTHORIZING RENEWAL OF STATE PERMIT TO CARRY A PISTOL OR REVOLVER BY MAIL.

This would make permit renewal much easier for all permit holders. Obviously CCDL testified FOR this and it seemed to be well received by the committee members.

Another good bill on the agenda was,

SB 554 AN ACT CONCERNING THE PISTOL PERMIT APPEALS PROCESS

This would set an absolute time limit on an appeal to the BFPE.

Some of the more onerous proposed bills on the agenda received most of our attention during testimony. HB 5800 and HB 6185 were on the lips of almost everyone of us, as we testified to OPPOSE these bills.

HB 5800 AN ACT REQUIRING REGISTRATION OF ALL FIREARMS.

HB 6185 AN ACT CREATING A GUN OFFENDER REGISTRY

These were just some of 10 proposed bills. CCDL will be watching all of them very carefully and let you know what the outcome is as soon as we have an answer.

We would like to especially thank all of the members that took time off from work, or time out of their busy schedules to attend the hearing and voice their opinions.

We would also like to thank those that could not attend, but did write testimony and had us submit it on their behalf or sent them in via Email.

Remember that these legislators are in Hartford because we voted for them and they are working for us. They need to hear how WE feel about the issues that they deal with on our behalf. Testifying in person, testimony via Email and phone calls are all ways of letting our elected officials know that “We the People” are Involved with the daily process of our government. Lets NEVER let them forget that!

Carry On!

Lenny Benedetto

Vice President