Joint Committee on Judiciary Legislative Office Building 300 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT 06106 RE: OPPOSTITION to HB 5448 AN ACT CONCERNING A RISK PROTECTION ORDER OR WARRANT Dear Committee, I am a resident of Connecticut and wish to voice my OPPOSTITION to HB 5448 AN ACT CONCERNING A RISK PROTECTION ORDER OR WARRANT. Rather than find clear and convincing evidence, this bill is basically saying, ‘Better safe than sorry’. This...

Members of The Judiciary Committee,                 I am writing in regards to HB 5448 An Act Concerning a Risk Protection Order or Warrant. This bill is nothing more than a mask over a gun grabbing agenda. There are current laws written making offenses with firearms illegal, as well as domestic violence offenses. Please make harsher penalties for offenders of our current Red Flag Laws and do not target law abiding...

Honorable Members of the Judiciary Committee, Courts have identified seven key elements in procedural due process; 1. Notice 2. A neutral decision-maker 3. An opportunity to make an oral presentation 4. The opportunity to present evidence 5. The opportunity to cross-examine witnesses and respond to evidence 6. Right to representation by counsel 7. A decision based on the record, and reasoning for the result. HB 5448 does not do this;...

SUPPORT H.B. 5432 AN ACT CONCERNING NONLETHAL ELECTRONIC DEFENSE WEAPONS SUPPORT H.B. 5390 AN ACT CONCERNING THE DUTY TO RETREAT IN A HOUSE OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP OPPOSE H.B. 5448 AN ACT CONCERNING A RISK PROTECTION ORDER OR WARRANT.  To: Judiciary Committee Members; Any bill that will allow a judge to hear only one side of a case will only produce a high rate of abuse. Don’t take away constitutional rights...

Dear Senator Winfield, Representative Stafstrom, Distinguished Members of the Judiciary Committee, I strongly urge you to oppose H.B. 5448.  Currently, the risk warrant is available to anyone at any time with police arriving immediately.  It makes no sense for someone to wait till the courthouse opens to file for an “extreme risk” warrant, if someone is so concerned that someone is at “extreme risk” they should act immediately, not the...

Joint Committee on Judiciary 300 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT 06106 OPPOSTITION to HB 5448 AN ACT CONCERNING A RISK PROTECTION ORDER OR WARRANT To: Members of the Joint Judiciary Committee, HB 5448 AN ACT CONCERNING A RISK PROTECTION ORDER OR WARRANT is a phony solution created by the same politicians who fail to hold accountable actual violent criminals who steal guns and commit other crimes. HB 5448 is just another...