General Assembly Raised Bill No. 966
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 3224
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Referred to Committee on Public Safety and Security
Introduced by:
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General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 966
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 3224
*03224_______PS_*
Referred to Committee on Public Safety and Security
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT CONCERNING PERMITS TO SELL FIREARMS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 29-31 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):
[No] (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no sale of any pistol or revolver shall be made except in the room, store or place described in the permit for the sale of pistols and revolvers, and such permit or a copy [thereof] of such permit certified by the authority issuing the same shall be exposed to view within the room, store or place where pistols or revolvers are sold or offered or exposed for sale, and no sale or delivery of any pistol or revolver shall be made unless the purchaser or person to whom the same is to be delivered is personally known to the vendor of such pistol or revolver or the person making delivery [thereof] of such pistol or revolver or unless the person making such purchase or to whom delivery [thereof] is to be made provides evidence of his or her identity. The vendor of any pistol or revolver shall keep a record of each pistol or revolver sold in a book kept for that purpose, which record shall be in such form as is prescribed by the Commissioner of Public Safety and shall include the date of the sale, the caliber, make, model and manufacturer's number of such pistol or revolver and the name, address and occupation of the purchaser thereof, and shall be signed by the purchaser and by the person making the sale, each in the presence of the other, and shall be preserved by the vendor of such pistol or revolver for at least six years.
(b) The premises of any meeting of, or exhibition by, an organized collectors' group or any gun show, as described in section 29-37g, shall be deemed an extension of the room, store or place described in the permit.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2011 29-31
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2011
29-31
Statement of Purpose:
To extend the permit to sell pistols or revolvers to allow sales of such pistols or revolvers at meetings or exhibitions of an organized collectors' group or at gun shows.
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