Connecticut General Assembly Joint Committee on Judiciary Legislative Office Building, Room 2500 300 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT 06106 Re: OPPOSTITION to H.B. 5448 AN ACT CONCERNING A RISK PROTECTION ORDER OR WARRANT.  To: The members of the Judiciary Committee, I am strongly opposed to the Extreme Risk Protective Order or Warrant bill, which are already addressed in section 29-38c of the General Statutes. Stop wasting tax payers money on gun...

Esteemed Judiciary Committee Members; OPPOSE- H.B. 5448 AAC a Risk Protection Order or Warrant The bill would demand that anyone who has had a risk warrant filed against them prove by a preponderance of evidence that they are no longer a risk before any of their property will be returned. All Connecticut residents who value any of their constitutionally protected rights should be concerned about the precedent being suggested and...

Oppose Bill #5448 An Act Concerning a Risk Protection Order or Warrant Members of the Joint Judiciary Committee Keep the due process, allow for an investigation before rights are taken away. Any procedure that allows a judge to hear only one side of a case necessarily will produce a high error rate. [INSERT NAME] [INSERT TOWN] 

Esteemed Judiciary Committee Members; This is another opportunity for the state to potentially deprive certain people of their civil liberties. Oppose Raised HB-5448 AN ACT CONCERNING A RISK PROTECTION ORDER OR WARRANT. Sincerely,  [INSERT NAME] [INSERT TOWN] 

To Whom it May Concern, OPPOSE Raised HB-5448 An Act Concerning a Risk Protection Order or Warrant Afford strong due process protections, including high burdens of proof (i.e., “clear and convincing evidence”), cross-examination rights, and the right to counsel. Not ex parte orders. Thank You! [INSERT NAME] [INSERT TOWN]

Judiciary Committee, I’m opposed to HB5448, An Act Concerning a Risk Protection Order or Warrant. There is no need to change Connecticut’s current law. This current law is available to anyone at any time 365 days a year with police arriving within minutes from the time of call. In Connecticut, a confiscation petition may be filed only by law enforcement officers or state’s attorney. Any person—including family members, former dating...

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;...

Oppose- AAC a Risk Protection Order or Warrant Esteemed Judiciary Committee Members; I’m opposed to AAC a Risk Protection Order or Warrant. This bill as yet another political attack on gun owners and the Second Amendment by liberals and gun control advocates. [INSERT NAME] [INSERT TOWN] 

OPPOSE Bill #5448 An Act Concerning a Risk Protection Order or Warrant To Whom it May Concern, The Giffords/Bloomberg system, allows petitions to be filed by a very wide variety of people, including ex-girlfriends or ex-boyfriends. Keep Connecticut’s requirement that a petition must be filed by two law enforcement officers, and they must have conducted an independent investigation. Best Regards, [INSERT NAME]

Oppose HB5448 AN ACT CONCERNING A RISK PROTECTION ORDER OR WARRANT Honorable Members of the Judiciary Committee, It is well-known in family and domestic law that ex parte procedures with low standards of evidence are often abused by angry spouses in a divorce, jilted lovers, and so on. Do not take away the investigation by a 3rd party. Oppose HB5448. Concerned Resident, [INSERT NAME] [INSERT TOWN]