3/04/2020(Southbury, CT)For Immediate Release:The Connecticut Citizens Defense League President Holly Sullivan issues the following statement in response to an Act Concerning a Risk Protection Order or Warrant (HB5448):“The Connecticut Citizens Defense League is extremely concerned about the removal of law enforcement investigatory procedure in order to proceed with an expanded red flag order as is proposed in HB5448. The proposed bill states that a complainant may go directly to a...

Here are all the bills CCDL is following for the 2020 state legislative session.  We will update this article throughout the session so check back often to see if anything has changed.  HB-5040 AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN EXCISE TAX ON AMMUNITION.  Statement of Purpose:  To establish an excise tax on ammunition to increase funding for gun violence prevention and reduction efforts Is a proposal to levy a 35% excise tax on...

With regards to Connecticut legislative proposals that affect gun rights in one way or another, there has been a lot of focus over the emergence of HB5700 (AN ACT INCREASING THE RATE OF THE SALES AND USE TAXES ON AMMUNITION). The introduction of this proposal is a direct slap in the face to law-abiding gun owners that live by the laws of our society and who simply want to shoot...

The Judiciary Committee is meeting today at 1:00pm. Here is their agenda: 2019ca-00201-R001300JUD-ca(pdf) On their agenda are several raised bills and concepts that are of interest or concern to CCDL and our members. Among other things, the Committee will be discussing so-called "ghost guns", safe gun storage laws, "show your papers" laws, carry in state parks, and transfer of so-called assault weapons and high capacity magazines. If you want to...

The legislative session for 2019 is now well underway here in Connecticut, and we're seeing a plethora of gun-related proposed bills; both progun and anti. The important thing to remember is, at this stage the legislators are basically throwing everything they can think of out there, just to see what might stick. Many proposed bills never go any further than this stage. In other words, it's a little too soon...