CT Firearms Board clarifies requirement of additional documents on Carry Permits

[JonnyG]

1/14/2010: http://www.ct.gov/bfpe/lib/bfpe/bfpedeclrule.pdf

Summary: Police Cheif's and others have no legal right to alter the universal application process by requesting "additional documents" beyond the documents required per the explicit requirements of the application.

Important Excerpt:

In light of the strong legislative policy favoring a "uniform application for state-wide use by issuing authorities", it is the determination of the Board that the statute does not permit an issuing authority to require submission of additional material at the time an applicant files his application on a form prescribed by the commissioner together with the required statutory fees and proof of (a) completion of a course approved by the commissioner in safety and use of pistols and revolvers, (b) that the applicant is not an alien illegally or unlawfully in the United States, (c) that he is not less than twenty-one years of age, and (d) fingerprints for a criminal record check. Refusal to submit additional material with the initial application, such as letters of reference, does not, ipsp facto, render the applicant unsuitable. Further, such failure to submit this additional material does not relieve an issuing authority of its statutory duty to conduct an investigation into the applicant's suitability and to process the application within the statutory time frame. Accordingly an applicant's failure to submit these additional materials with the initial application would not constitute "just and proper cause" for denial.

However, if the investigation into the applicants suitability results in a point that the issuing authority requests specific additional information in order to clarify, the applicant must provide that information or the application can be denied. (more on Page 11; Section B).



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