Gun Control & RKBA
Related: About this forumConnecticut Gun Permits Increase 73 Percent In 2016
Link: http://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-gun-permit-increase-connecticut-0320-20170319-story.html
The CT State Police issued 30,000 new gun permits in 2016, compared to 13,000 in 2015.
Is this that mythical "tipping point" the gun control extremists keep promising?
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,567 posts)guillaumeb
(42,649 posts)One hopes the Russians are not planning to invade Connecticut.
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)Last edited Tue Mar 21, 2017, 03:43 AM - Edit history (1)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occasion_of_sinOnce again, the essentially religious nature of gun control advocacy is demonstrated...
guillaumeb
(42,649 posts)An interesting viewpoint.
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)What I most certainly do have a problem with are attempts to encode faith-based beliefs into law.
YMMV
guillaumeb
(42,649 posts)try to convert me.
I have no idea what that final acronym means.
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)I thought Weezer's later albums were better than their earlier works, but YMMV.
guillaumeb
(42,649 posts)pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts)The connection between religion and a faith-based viewpoint. And "gun control" is most certainly a faith-based belief.
guillaumeb
(42,649 posts)pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts)krispos42
(49,445 posts)The law changed after Newtown so you can't even buy ammo without a permit. And if I have to get a state permit to buy ammo, I'm going to get the one that lets me do everything; i.e., a concealed pistol permit. So I did.
Cost a pretty penny too. And Malloy wants to triple the price of the permit now.
pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts)The photo with the article suggests CCW, though there is no language specifically indicating concealed carry. So 'permit' = CCW?
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,567 posts)I inferred that CCW was the meaning of "permit".
Lurks Often
(5,455 posts)There are 3 grades of permit in CT
Ammo permit: allows one to buy ammo and nothing else.
Long gun permit: allows one to buy a rifle or shotgun and ammo, but not a handgun
Pistol permit: allows one to buy and carry* a handgun as well as buy a long gun and buy ammo
Legally a CT pistol permit allows for open carry, although few do so.
Straw Man
(6,764 posts)There are 3 grades of permit in CT
Ammo permit: allows one to buy ammo and nothing else.
Long gun permit: allows one to buy a rifle or shotgun and ammo, but not a handgun
Pistol permit: allows one to buy and carry* a handgun as well as buy a long gun and buy ammo
...and I have a Connecticut non-resident pistol permit. I wonder if that entitles me to all of the above.
I also wonder about the utility of the "ammo permit." Are there a lot of people who want to buy ammo but aren't interested in buying guns?
Lurks Often
(5,455 posts)So I am pretty sure you can buy ammo and a rifle or shotgun, presuming of course it is legal to own in CT & NY. A handgun would still be required to go through a NY FFL.
However, you may run into gun stores that MAY refuse to sell you a rifle or shotgun because they are overly cautious, in that they would rather lose the sale then possibly deal with the ATF or the respective state AG's or law enforcement.
Any big box store that sells ammo may choose not to accept your CT non-resident permit since they are less conversant with CT law and again would rather lose the sale then possibly deal the respective state AG's.
Some state attorney generals have filed lawsuits against companies and internet sites in the firearms and accessories industry for selling things to state residents even though the item was nominally legal to sell. Prior AG's in MA were notable for this and if you do any internet shopping for firearms accessories, you will run into companies that will not ship to MA, NY, CT and some other states. It just isn't worth the aggravation or risk for them.
pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts)friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)Mary Biekert
NORWICH Pistol permit applications have been on the rise over the last year, nearly doubling from 2015 to 2016, throughout Eastern Connecticut and the state overall.
The number of pistol permit applications processed by the State police for the entire state of Connecticut nearly doubled between 2015 and 2016, according to statistics provided by state police spokeswoman Kelly Grant.
The number of new pistol permits issued throughout the state in 2016 was 29,941 compared to 17,327 in 2015, a difference of 12,614 equating to a 72.8 percent increase in one year.
pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts)However 'pistol' permit is vague. Doesn't necessarily imply CCW. Thankfully LO cleared up the lack of specificity.
yagotme
(3,816 posts)but it must be all those old white guys getting multiple permits to make all those multiple gun purchases that I've been hearing about.