Connecticut CWP Law

                    CONNECTICUT GENERAL STATUTES ANNOTATED
                                TITLE 53. CRIMES
             CHAPTER 943. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC PEACE AND SAFETY
                     Copr. (C) West 1995. All rights reserved.
                    Current through End of 1994 Nov.Sp.Sess.

s 53-206. Carrying and sale of dangerous weapons

(a) Any person who carries upon his person any slung shot, air rifle, BB. gun,
blackjack, sand bag, metal or brass knuckles, or any dirk knife, or any switch
knife, or any knife having an automatic spring release device by which a blade
is released from the handle, having a blade of over one and one-half inches in
length, or stiletto, or any knife the edged portion of the blade of which is
four inches or over in length, or any martial arts weapon or electronic defense
weapon, as defined in section 53a-3, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon or
instrument, unless such person has been granted a written permit issued and
signed by the first selectman of a town, the mayor or chief of police of a city
or the warden of a borough, authorizing such person to carry such weapon or
instrument within such town, city or borough, shall be fined not more than five
hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than three years or both. No permit
shall be issued to any applicant who has ever been convicted of a felony. The
issuing authority may request the applicant's fingerprints and full information
concerning his criminal record and make an investigation concerning the
suitability of the applicant to carry any such weapon. Refusal of
fingerprinting by the applicant shall be sufficient cause to refuse issuance of
a permit. Whenever any person is found guilty of a violation of this
subsection, any weapon or other implement within the provisions hereof, found
upon the body of such person, shall be forfeited to the municipality wherein
such person was apprehended, notwithstanding any failure of the judgment of
conviction to expressly impose such forfeiture. Any person who has been
granted a permit to carry any martial arts weapon pursuant to this section may
carry such weapon anywhere within the state. The provisions of this subsection
shall not apply to any officer charged with the preservation of the public
peace nor to any person who is found with any such weapon or implement
concealed upon his person while lawfully removing his household goods or
effects from one place to another, or from one residence to another, nor to any
person while actually and peaceably engaged in carrying any such weapon or
implement from his place of abode or business to a place or person where or by
whom such weapon or implement is to be repaired, or while actually and
peaceably returning to his place of abode or business with such weapon or
implement after the same has been repaired.
(b) Any person who sells to another a slung shot, air rifle, BB. gun,
blackjack, sand bag, metal or brass knuckles, or any dirk knife, or any switch
knife, or any knife having an automatic spring release device by which the
blade is released from the handle, having a blade of over one and one-half
inches in length, or stiletto, or any martial arts weapon or electronic defense
weapon, as defined in section 53a-3, shall, within twenty-four hours after the
delivery of such weapon or implement to the person to whom sold, give written
notice of such sale or delivery, specifying the article sold and the name and
address of the person to whom sold or delivered, to the chief of police of the
city, the warden of the borough or the first selectman of the town, within
which such weapon or implement is sold or delivered, as the case may be. Any
person who violates any provision of this subsection shall be fined not more
than one hundred dollars.

s 53-206a. Application for permit. Notice of decision to applicant

(a) Requests for permits under section 53-206 shall be submitted to the
issuing authority on application forms prescribed by the commissioner of public
safety. Upon written request by any person for a permit not on a prescribed
application form, or upon request by any person for such application form, the
issuing authority shall supply such form. When any such request is made in
person at the office of the issuing authority, the authority shall supply such
application form immediately. When any such request is made in any other
manner, the authority shall supply such application form not later than one
week after receiving such request. If such application form is not supplied
within the time limited by this section, the request therefor shall constitute
a sufficient application.
(b) The issuing authority shall, not later than six weeks after a sufficient
application for a permit has been made, inform the applicant that his request
for a permit has been approved or denied.