Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00505 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/22/2013

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 505
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1764
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
SEN. AYALA, 23rd Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 505 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1764

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY 

Introduced by:

SEN. AYALA, 23rd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE MINIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT TO PURCHASE A RIFLE.

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

That the general statutes be amended to clarify that an individual must be twenty-one years of age or older, rather than eighteen years of age or older as currently allowed, to purchase a rifle in order to make such minimum age consistent with the minimum age to purchase a pistol or revolver.

Statement of Purpose: 

To clarify that an individual must be twenty-one years of age or older in order to purchase a rifle.