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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5695
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 1486
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. DUBITSKY, 47th Dist.
AN ACT PERMITTING PERSONS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES USING
NONLETHAL DEFENSIVE INSTRUMENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That sections 29-38, 53-206 and 53a-217 of the general statutes be 1
amended to remove nonlethal electronic defense weapons from the list 2
of prohibited weapons. 3
Statement of Purpose:
To conform Connecticut law to the United States Supreme Court's
ruling in Caetano v. Massachusetts finding bans on nonlethal defensive
instruments to be unconstitutional.