Connecticut looking to pass bill allowing the carry of Tasers.
Looks like the law will provide for permitted carry of such "ELECTRONIC DEFENSE WEAPONS".
NEW/ Proposed Law:
Looks like the law will provide for permitted carry of such "ELECTRONIC DEFENSE WEAPONS".
NEW/ Proposed Law:
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 5341
February Session, 2010
LCO No. 1443
*01443_______PS_*
Referred to Committee on Public Safety and Security
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE CARRYING OF ELECTRONIC DEFENSE WEAPONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2010) (a) No person shall carry upon his or her person any electronic defense weapon, as defined in section 53a-3 of the general statutes, without a permit issued in accordance with this section. The holder of a permit to carry an electronic defense weapon issued pursuant to this section shall carry such permit upon such holder's person while carrying such electronic defense weapon. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the carrying of an electronic defense weapon by any: (1) Parole officer or peace officer of this state or parole officer or peace officer of any other state while engaged in the pursuit of official duties; (2) federal marshal or federal law enforcement agent; or (3) any member of the armed forces of the United States, as defined in section 27-103 of the general statutes, or of this state, as defined in section 27-2 of the general statutes, when on duty or going to or from duty.
(b) (1) An applicant for a permit to carry an electronic defense weapon or for the renewal thereof shall submit an application to the chief of police or, where there is no chief of police, the warden of the borough or the chief executive officer of the town, as the case may be, accompanied by a fee of one hundred twenty-five dollars.
(2) The local authority shall take the fingerprints of the applicant for a permit or conduct any other method of positive identification required by the State Police Bureau of Identification or the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct criminal history records checks in accordance with section 29-17a of the general statutes. The applicant shall pay the fee for the national criminal history records check charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for performing such check, and such fee shall be in addition to the fee paid in accordance with subdivision (1) of this subsection.
(c) No permit to carry an electronic defense weapon shall be issued under this section if the applicant (1) has failed to successfully complete a course in the safety and use of electronic defense weapons, approved by the local authority issuing such permit, (2) has been convicted of a felony or of a violation of subsection (c) of section 21a-279, section 53a-58, 53a-61, 53a-62, 53a-63, 53a-96, 53a-175, 53a-176, 53a-178 or 53a-181d of the general statutes, (3) has been convicted as delinquent for the commission of a serious juvenile offense, as defined in section 46b-120 of the general statutes, (4) has been discharged from custody within the preceding twenty years after having been found not guilty of a crime by reason of mental disease or defect pursuant to section 53a-13 of the general statutes, (5) has been confined in a hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities, as defined in section 17a-495 of the general statutes, within the preceding twelve months by order of a probate court, (6) is subject to a restraining or protective order issued by a court in a case involving the use, attempted use or threatened use of physical force against another person, (7) is subject to a firearms seizure order issued pursuant to subsection (d) of section 29-38c of the general statutes after notice and hearing, (8) is prohibited from shipping, transporting, possessing or receiving a firearm pursuant to 18 USC 922(g)(4), (9) is an alien illegally or unlawfully in the United States, or (10) is less than twenty-one years of age. The local authority shall retain records of all applications, whether approved or denied.
(d) The issuance of any permit to carry an electronic defense weapon does not thereby authorize the possession or carrying of an electronic defense weapon in any premises where the possession or carrying of a weapon is otherwise prohibited by law or is prohibited by the person who owns or exercises control over such premises.
(e) A permit for the carrying of an electronic defense weapon issued in accordance with the section may be revoked by the issuing authority for cause and shall be revoked by such authority upon the holder's conviction of a felony or violation specified in subsection (c) of this section or upon the occurrence of any event that would have disqualified the holder from being issued the permit pursuant to this section.
Sec. 2. Section 29-38 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2010):
(a) Any person who knowingly has, in any vehicle owned, operated or occupied by such person, any weapon, any pistol or revolver for which a proper permit has not been issued as provided in section 29-28, [or] any machine gun which has not been registered as required by section 53-202 or any electronic defense weapon for which a permit has not been issued as provided in section 1 of this act, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years or both, and the presence of any such weapon, pistol or revolver, or machine gun in any vehicle shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section by the owner, operator and each occupant thereof. The word "weapon", as used in this section, means any BB. gun, any blackjack, any metal or brass knuckles, any police baton or nightstick, any dirk knife or switch knife, any knife having an automatic spring release device by which a blade is released from the handle, having a blade of over one and one-half inches in length, any stiletto, any knife the edged portion of the blade of which is four inches or over in length, any martial arts weapon or electronic defense weapon, as defined in section 53a-3, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon or instrument.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to: (1) Any officer charged with the preservation of the public peace while engaged in the pursuit of such officer's official duties; (2) any security guard having a baton or nightstick in a vehicle while engaged in the pursuit of such guard's official duties; (3) any person enrolled in and currently attending a martial arts school, with official verification of such enrollment and attendance, or any certified martial arts instructor, having any such martial arts weapon in a vehicle while traveling to or from such school or to or from an authorized event or competition; (4) any person having a BB. gun in a vehicle provided such weapon is unloaded and stored in the trunk of such vehicle or in a locked container other than the glove compartment or console; and (5) any person having a knife, the edged portion of the blade of which is four inches or over in length, in a vehicle if such person is (A) any member of the armed forces of the United States, as defined in section 27-103, or any reserve component thereof, or of the armed forces of this state, as defined in section 27-2, when on duty or going to or from duty, (B) any member of any military organization when on parade or when going to or from any place of assembly, (C) any person while transporting such knife as merchandise or for display at an authorized gun or knife show, (D) any person while lawfully removing such person's household goods or effects from one place to another, or from one residence to another, (E) any person while actually and peaceably engaged in carrying any such knife from such person's place of abode or business to a place or person where or by whom such knife is to be repaired, or while actually and peaceably returning to such person's place of abode or business with such knife after the same has been repaired, (F) any person holding a valid hunting, fishing or trapping license issued pursuant to chapter 490 or any salt water fisherman while having such knife in a vehicle for lawful hunting, fishing or trapping activities, or (G) any person participating in an authorized historic reenactment.
Sec. 3. Subsection (a) of section 53-206 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2010):
(a) Any person who carries upon his or her person any BB. gun, blackjack, metal or brass knuckles, or any dirk knife, or any switch knife, or any knife having an automatic spring release device by which a blade is released from the handle, having a blade of over one and one-half inches in length, or stiletto, or any knife the edged portion of the blade of which is four inches or over in length, any police baton or nightstick, or any martial arts weapon, [or electronic defense weapon, as defined in section 53a-3,] or any other dangerous or deadly weapon or instrument, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. Whenever any person is found guilty of a violation of this section, any weapon or other instrument within the provisions of this section, found upon the body of such person, shall be forfeited to the municipality wherein such person was apprehended, notwithstanding any failure of the judgment of conviction to expressly impose such forfeiture.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2010
New section
Sec. 2
October 1, 2010
29-38
Sec. 3
October 1, 2010
53-206(a)
Statement of Purpose:
To allow the carrying of an electronic defense weapon pursuant to a permit to carry and to require a permit for the sale of electronic defense weapons.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
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