Connecticut 2011 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00547 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/20/2011

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 547
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 2040
Referred to Committee on Public Safety and Security
Introduced by:
SEN. DOYLE, 9th Dist. REP. GUERRERA, 29th Dist. REP. MORIN, 28th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 547 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 2040

Referred to Committee on Public Safety and Security 

Introduced by:

SEN. DOYLE, 9th Dist.

REP. GUERRERA, 29th Dist.

REP. MORIN, 28th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING FIREARMS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 29-33 of the general statutes be amended to provide that the requirements for the sale, delivery or transfer of a pistol or revolver shall not apply to a person who is licensed as a firearms collector pursuant to 18 USC 921 et seq. and that section 53-202a of the general statutes be amended to delete the "selective fire" feature from the definition of "assault weapon".

Statement of Purpose: 

To revise the applicability of the statute regulating the sale, delivery and transfer of handguns and to modify the definition of "assault weapon".