Screw CT!

[tomaz45]

I see a lot of rants and threats to move elsewhere, however,we do live in a REPUBLIC, which is different than a DEMOCRACY, and hence have a RESPONSIBILITY, to throw the idiots out and elect those who truly REPRESENT our beliefs. If we keep sending them back to office, we can't complain about the results. More than 40 states now have CC on demand, why not CT.

 

[eye5600]

No, there is no permit to purchase. The permit is a carry permit, but you have to have that before you can purchase or transfer a handgun. The two permits comes in because you need a temporary permit to carry from your town which you then turn in to the state to get your permanent state issued carry permit. In the end there is only one permit for carry.

I was referring to this:

Eligibility Certificate
An eligibility certificate is issued pursuant to C.G.S. 29-36f through 29-36i. It entitles the holder to purchase a firearm and transport same to their residence or place of business. It does not entitle the holder to carry a pistol or revolver on their person.

As I understand it, you are correct that you only need one permit, the pistol permit. But there is this "Eligibity Certificate" that adds confusion. There is no need for the EC if you have the PP.

 

[TexasBill]

I think it's time we all moved to Vermont.

 

[Bill H 40]

My experience in Delaware.
--3 clases over a 3 week time frame. $150 and 200 rounds.
-- 5 letters from people in my county
-- Had to run an add in the paper with my full name and adress telling every one I was applying for a permit to carry.
( it also tell's the whole world where they could try and steel guns )
--Finger prints--background check--pictures.

Grand total roughly $325

Delaware is a "May Issue state" I was told it takes about 3 months.
Stay tuned..

The only part of the process that bothers me is the add in the local paper.
Bill

 

[USA]

Wow, this is terrible. I'm in a small rural town in CT... I just filled out the basic forms, did my fingerprinting, and had my permit four weeks to the day I dropped off my info.

You must live in the burbs or a city.

CT doesn't suck, its your local government, the state legislature isn't making those insane rules. But when was the last time you could name your board of selectmen?

 

[jagugator]

-- Had to run an add in the paper with my full name and adress telling every one I was applying for a permit to carry.

Say What? This has got to be the stupidest thing I have ever heard. Seems like trouble waiting to happen. Do you have to do the paper add when you want to get a driver's license or register your car?

 

[testosterone]

Wow, this is terrible. I'm in a small rural town in CT... I just filled out the basic forms, did my fingerprinting, and had my permit four weeks to the day I dropped off my info.

You must live in the burbs or a city.

CT doesn't suck, its your local government, the state legislature isn't making those insane rules. But when was the last time you could name your board of selectmen?

I beg to differ, witness

-The CT AWB...

-Doubling of all licensing fees(hunting licenses, fishing licenses, pistol permits, fishing licenses)

-Only state in the union(that I am aware of) where there is a specific law on the books that cops can seize your firearms without a court order

-6.5 percent sales tax

-AND a state income tax of upto 4.5 percent

-and a grossly broken state budget even with those tax revenues

-one of, if not the, most business hostile state governments. We even tax businesses 250 bucks a year just to exist! *** is that!


and yes, some local governments are absolutely ass wild out of control(per the OP)...

 

[distra]

As I understand it, you are correct that you only need one permit, the pistol permit. But there is this "Eligibity Certificate" that adds confusion. There is no need for the EC if you have the PP.

Yep, the EC does not really make sense unless you never plan on shooting handgun outside your own property. Since with the EC, you still can not transport to range. That's funny it still even exists in the law...

 

[testosterone]

Yep, the EC does not really make sense unless you never plan on shooting handgun outside your own property. Since with the EC, you still can not transport to range. That's funny it still even exists in the law...

Supposedly, there are just 15-16 people that have the EC. Most have CCW's and got there EC's "just because".

 

[DeepSouth]

I wondered what kind of problem you had with Crimson Trace. LOL


If I were you I'd move to AL

 

[desidog]

CT...where an AR is legal but an AK is not. (Saiga 308 OK; Saiga 762x39 NO)

CT laws are idiotic. probably written by people who are scared of guns...since a gun has an evil soul and will load itself and shoot you, children, and a fuzzy puppy when you turn your back.

 

[db_tanker]

each and every time I read a thread like this I say to myself one simple phrase...


God Bless Texas


And yeah...I was thinking the same thing Deep South was thinking...I love my CT's on my 92. lol

 

[dec41971]

My experience in Delaware.
--3 clases over a 3 week time frame. $150 and 200 rounds.
-- 5 letters from people in my county
-- Had to run an add in the paper with my full name and adress telling every one I was applying for a permit to carry.
( it also tell's the whole world where they could try and steel guns )
--Finger prints--background check--pictures.

Grand total roughly $325

Delaware is a "May Issue state" I was told it takes about 3 months.
Stay tuned..

The only part of the process that bothers me is the add in the local paper.
Bill

***? Really? How is that even concealed if you have to advertise in the paper? Besides which idiot's idea was that? Vote them out by all means aaaaaargh!!!! Punish anyone who chooses to legally exercise their rights? Like all the huddles we have to jump are not already enough.

 

[testosterone]

no law requiring the extra's...review board rules

http://www.ccdl.us/?utm_source=CCDL...necticut_Gun_Owners1_23_2010&utm_medium=email

VICTORY FOR CONNECTICUT GUN PERMITS! PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 23 January 2010 10:45

The CCDL, Inc. has taken action to help Connecticut citizens applying for gun permits!
Many issuing authorities in Connecticut have for years taken it upon themselves to ask for "EXTRA" information from applicants applying for their permit to carry pistols and revolvers. These intrusive bits of extra information include things such as 3 letters of recommendation that may need to be notarized, signed forms allowing the issuing authority to do financial credit checks, and some even request applicants to sign waivers so authorities can check your medical/mental health history records. This extra information has never been required by any state statute. Members of the CCDL have asked that the Board of Firearms Permit Examiners (BFPE) make a Declaratory Ruling on whether all of this extra information is needed when applying for a permit.

Many people applying for their permit are not aware of what is deemed necessary by the State of Connecticut. Some have supplied the extra information to get their permit; others have considered it an invasion of their privacy and decided against applying for their permit on principle, thus compromising their Second Amendment rights!

The official ruling from BFPE is that anything not specifically called out in the CT state statues is NOT necessary when applying for a permit. They will be sending a copy of their ruling to each and every issuing authority in Connecticut.

CCDL Members and Member Trainers, please pass along this information to everyone. The people of this State, that are interested in getting their permits, need to know that they CANNOT be found unsuitable by any issuing authority, just because they did not supply the extra information at the time they apply for their carry permit.

The BFPE is a group made up of volunteers! The CCDL would like to thank them for the very long hours of service that they put in helping gun owners in this great State of ours!

 

[shotgunsrfun]

Are you getting a permit to buy a pistol or a CCW?

 

[Skillet]

I'm kinda glad I live in ID. I have ha friend that got pulled over here and they police man saw his rifle case in the back seat and the only questions he asked about it were what make it was and the caliber and what he hunts.

It's pretty nice.

 

[smallbore]

Glad I live in New Hampshire.

 

[N003k]

Are you getting a permit to buy a pistol or a CCW?

In CT, it's one in the same. You need either a carry permit, or a eligibility certificate, to purchase a pistol at all. The certificate, though available, is fairly pointless in getting. It only allows you to buy the gun, and bring it home, where it must remain. It also isn't really any easier to get....

 

[Bhamrichard]

wow...



I guess I should be very happy.. Here you fill out a one page form, get three people to sign it that will vouch for you, go to the sheriff's office, pay $7.50.. I had my unrestricted pistol license in 30 mins.

 

[Mike Drew]

I live in CT took me about 4 months and FYI the license fee went up from $35 to $70 in October

 

[KevinR]

It is way different from a big city and out in the country, get a place out of the city limits for a while and try then.

 

[Hatterasguy]

I'm going to send them all the crap they want, because if I don't they will probably just keep moving it to the back of the pile for 6 months.

The law says they have to issue me a permit, just doesn't say when.

 

[qajaq59]

If you belong to the NRA, call them for advice and/or help. If you don't? Join.

 

[testosterone]

The examiners board just ruled(see above) that all the "extras" are not legally required by any statute.

Now, that decision is going to take time to bleed through the system and no doubt local chiefs are going to go ape **** at loss of power, but that's another story.

I am trying to find the citation, but I believe by law you must be issued your permit with 8 weeks of submitting your paperwork assuming everything is in order.

 

[testosterone]

Here's the relevant statute on why it can't legally take 4 months, by law they have to get it done in 8 weeks:

Sec. 29-28a. Application for permit. Notice of decision to applicant. (a) Requests for temporary state permits under section 29-28 shall be submitted to the chief of police, or, where there is no chief of police, to the warden of the borough or the first selectman of the town, as the case may be, on application forms prescribed by the Commissioner of Public Safety. Upon written request by any person for a temporary state permit not on a prescribed application form, or upon request by any person for such application form, the local authority shall supply such forms. When any such request is made in person at the office of the local authority, the local authority shall supply such application form immediately. When any such request is made in any other manner, the local authority shall supply such application form not later than one week after receiving such request. If such application form is not supplied within the time limits required by this section, the request therefor shall constitute a sufficient application. If any local authority fails to supply an application form upon the request of any person, such person may request an application form from the Commissioner of Public Safety or any barracks of the Division of State Police, and the time limits and procedures set forth in this section for handling requests for such forms shall be applicable.

(b) The local authority shall, not later than eight weeks after a sufficient application for a temporary state permit has been made, inform the applicant that such applicant's request for a temporary state permit has been approved or denied. The local authority shall forward a copy of the application indicating approval or denial of the temporary state permit to the Commissioner of Public Safety. If the local authority has denied the application for a temporary state permit, no state permit may be issued. The commissioner shall, not later than eight weeks after receiving an application indicating approval from the local authority, inform the applicant in writing that the applicant's application for a state permit has been approved or denied, or that the results of the national criminal history records check have not been received. If grounds for denial become known after a temporary state permit has been obtained, the temporary state permit shall be immediately revoked pursuant to section 29-32.

This was put into the statutes because some chiefs were playing games and jerking people around. Unfortunately, there's no penalty for violations.