CT Gets more gun friendly

Nice find.

We also staved off a "no shooting within 500ft of a residence" ordinance last night here in Killingly. All the people who showed up were against including a state trooper. Not one yes vote present.
 
xtry51 said:
Nice find.

We also staved off a "no shooting within 500ft of a residence" ordinance last night here in Killingly. All the people who showed up were against including a state trooper. Not one yes vote present.
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Its my understanding that State law currently prohibits shooting within 500 ft of a residence containing people or livestock. Except when waterfowl hunting in tidal areas, then its 250 ft.

So I'm curious why the town would even bother with a law like this.
 
dcmdon said:
Its my understanding that State law currently prohibits shooting within 500 ft of a residence containing people or livestock. Except when waterfowl hunting in tidal areas, then its 250 ft.

So I'm curious why the town would even bother with a law like this.
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If they're real douchebags they could have worded the ordinance such that there are no exceptions. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'd bet anything that there is a provisio in that current law that basically says that the dwelling restriction doesn't matter if you are the homeowner or you have the homeowner's explicit permission. (At least this is how it is in most states).

-Mike
 
Thats correct Mike.

The law also says it applies to shooting outdoors. Not indoors. So if you set up a range in your barn/shed/basement, you wouldn't be bound by that statute.

I apologize to all of you. I'll look up the statute tomorrow. I'm having a hard time finding it now.

Don
 
dcmdon said:
A recent ruling by the state board of firearms permit examiners that open carry is explicitly legal. They also explicitly acknowledge that greeting a man who makes you feel uncomfortable wearing a gun is not breach of peace.

Skip to the last five min

http://ctgunrights.com/06.Audio/Fairfield.Opencarry.Legal.MP3
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Forget going to the last 5 min, listen to it from the start about the repo guy, saying he was threatened by the owner having a gun but stayed there. Then the cop getting asked questions about contents of briefcase and what the repo turd looked like. The whole thing is a joke listen to this crap, damn repo guy.
 
I realize CT isn't NH or VT, but at least we have this independent board.

They are the ultimate authority in matters related to your pistol permit and they are very fair.

They recently reinstated a guy's permit who had been convicted of DUI and had a loaded firearm with him because everyone agreed that he did not know the firearm was in the car.
They're point was that this guy was in his 40s and had never had any trouble with the law. He was very repentant about the DUI and did not intend to bring the gun out while intoxicated.

So they took the totality of the situation into consideration. Again, it would be better if our cops didn't go around yanking permits for DUIs. But at least we're not left begging Comissioner Hass to let us fellate him to get our permit back.

Don
 
And poor Mr. Sultan is on Accelerated Rehabilitation (AR) until December 21st, 2012 for his arrest on Threatening and Breach of Peace... Means he must have agreed to a plea of some sort, burned any possible use of an AR in the future. I believe the plea deprives him of any appeals and then the ability to sue those responsible for violation of his rights...
Wonder who his lawyer was...
 
SgtBFGunner said:
And poor Mr. Sultan is on Accelerated Rehabilitation (AR) until December 21st, 2012 for his arrest on Threatening and Breach of Peace... Means he must have agreed to a plea of some sort, burned any possible use of an AR in the future. I believe the plea deprives him of any appeals and then the ability to sue those responsible for violation of his rights...
Wonder who his lawyer was...
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Actually he's fine. He got AR and a nolle. So if he does the AR and stays clean for a year the charges are dismissed.

This is the point of the AR program, to give non-habitual offenders a way out that will not adversely affect their life outcomes.
 
dcmdon said:
Actually he's fine. He got AR and a nolle. So if he does the AR and stays clean for a year the charges are dismissed.

This is the point of the AR program, to give non-habitual offenders a way out that will not adversely affect their life outcomes.
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But he burned his AR when he was guilty of nothing. Better off burning your AR when you are at least guilty of something, anything, but at least something. His lawyer should have known better and then gone for false arrest, etc. But the "system" makes it easier to plead guilty, when you are not, and take an AR.

A Nolle is where the prosecutor agrees to drop the case against the defendant but keeps the right to reopen the case and prosecute at any time during the next thirteen months.

So, accepting AR, he must have plead guilty or nolo contendere (which allows the defendant to be convicted without admitting guilt for the crime charged).
 
With respect to your comment about burning his AR. I agree completely. He only gets one AR in his lifetime and this was not the best use of it.
However you don't seem to get how AR is applied.

When you enter into an AR agreement with a prosecutor you are not pleading to anything.

The prosecutor agrees to essentially sit on the charges for a given time period. If you do the community service and/or rehab and stay out of trouble, he dismisses the charges at the end of that time period.

That is how AR in CT works. My good friend and college room mate ran the program out of the Middletown Superior court for a couple of years. I heard a lot of stories.

If you listen to the hearing it is completely consistent with my explanation.

So again, no guilty plea. No No Contest plea.

The charges are dismissed after the person completes the AR program.

Have a read here for reference: http://law.justia.com/codes/connecticut/2005/title54/sec54-56e.html
 
Thank you. I stand corrected... "Accelerated rehabilitation is a program that avoids a plea of guilt, and if the person charged meets conditions of a probation period not to exceed two years, the charges are dismissed."
 
Still a waste of a one time shot at the AP program. Even though there is a lack of a charge at the end of the AP time frame I would have been hard pressed to use it. Arrest was wrong, prosecutor was wrong, and the board proved it in their comments. First and foremost "Lawyer Up" keep your mouth shut and have your Gun Law Atty card handy everywhere. This story is a good example of "acting stupidly"
 

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