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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: coltfan3000 on March 07, 2008, 09:56:27 PM
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Has anyone seen this foolishness?
A bill in CT
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 603
February Session, 2008
LCO No. 2583
*02583_______JUD*
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
(JUD)
AN ACT CONCERNING AMMUNITION CODING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2008) For the purposes of sections 2 to 4, inclusive, of this act, "coded ammunition" means a bullet carrying a unique identifier etched onto the base of the bullet projectile by the manufacturer.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2008) (a) On and after January 1, 2010, no person shall manufacture or sell at retail in this state any handgun or assault weapon ammunition unless such ammunition is coded ammunition.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2012, any private person or person selling handgun or assault weapon ammunition at retail in this state who possesses any noncoded handgun or assault weapon ammunition shall dispose of such ammunition in a manner prescribed by the Commissioner of Public Safety.
Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2008) (a) The Commissioner of Public Safety shall establish and maintain an ammunition coding system database containing the information specified in subsections (b) and (c) of this section.
(b) Any person who manufactures handgun or assault weapon ammunition in this state shall:
(1) Register with the Commissioner of Public Safety in a manner prescribed by the commissioner; and
(2) Maintain records on the business premises for a period of seven years concerning all sales, deliveries and other transfers of coded ammunition to, from or within the state.
(c) Any person who sells handgun or assault weapon ammunition at retail in this state shall:
(1) Register with the Commissioner of Public Safety in a manner prescribed by the commissioner;
(2) Record the following information in a format prescribed by the commissioner:
(A) The date of each sale of coded ammunition;
(B) The name of the purchaser;
(C) The purchaser's motor vehicle operator's license number or other government-issued identification card number;
(D) The date of birth of the purchaser;
(E) The unique identifier of the ammunition sold; and
(F) All other information prescribed by the commissioner; and
(3) Maintain on the business premises a record of each sale of coded ammunition for a period of three years from the date of such sale.
(d) To the extent possible or practical, the commissioner shall establish the ammunition coding system database within the framework of existing firearms databases. The ammunition coding system database shall be operational not later than January 1, 2010.
(e) Information in the ammunition coding system database shall be confidential and not disclosed except, upon request, to federal, state and local law enforcement officials acting in the performance of their official duties in the investigation of the commission of a c#####nal offense.
Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2008) (a) Any person who sells handgun or assault weapon ammunition at retail in this state who intentionally or knowingly fails to comply with, or falsifies the records required to be kept by, section 2 or 3 of this act shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(b) Any person who manufactures handgun or assault weapon ammunition in this state who fails to comply with the provisions of section 2 or 3 of this act shall be liable for a civil penalty, imposed by the Commissioner of Public Safety after notice and hearing in accordance with chapter 54 of the general statutes, of not more than one thousand dollars for a first violation, not more than five thousand dollars for a second violation, and not more than ten thousand dollars for a subsequent violation.
(c) Any person who intentionally or knowingly removes, defaces, alters or obliterates the ammunition coding required by section 2 of this act shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
Sec. 5. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2008) The Commissioner of Public Safety shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 of the general statutes to carry out the provisions of sections 1 to 4, inclusive, of this act.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2008
New section
Sec. 2
October 1, 2008
New section
Sec. 3
October 1, 2008
New section
Sec. 4
October 1, 2008
New section
Sec. 5
October 1, 2008
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require that ammunition for handguns and assault weapons manufactured or sold in this state be coded with a unique identifier and that records be maintained of all purchases of the coded ammunition and of the individuals who purchased such ammunition.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 607
February Session, 2008
LCO No. 2751
*02751_______JUD*
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
(JUD)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE IDENTIFICATION OF CERTAIN FIREARMS AND THE C#####NAL POSSESSION OF FIREARMS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 29-33 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2008):
(a) No person, firm or corporation shall sell, deliver or otherwise transfer any pistol or revolver to any person who is prohibited from possessing a [pistol or revolver] firearm as provided in section 53a-217c, as amended by this act.
(b) On and after October 1, 1995, no person may purchase or receive any pistol or revolver unless such person holds a valid permit to carry a pistol or revolver issued pursuant to subsection (b) of section 29-28 of the 2008 supplement to the general statutes, a valid permit to sell at retail a pistol or revolver issued pursuant to subsection (a) of section 29-28 of the 2008 supplement to the general statutes or a valid eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver issued pursuant to section 29-36f or is a federal marshal, parole officer or peace officer.
(c) No person, firm or corporation shall sell, deliver or otherwise transfer any pistol or revolver except upon written application on a form prescribed and furnished by the Commissioner of Public Safety. Such person, firm or corporation shall insure that all questions on the application are answered properly prior to releasing the pistol or revolver and shall retain the application, which shall be attached to the federal sale or transfer document, for at least twenty years or until such vendor goes out of business. Such application shall be available for inspection during normal business hours by law enforcement officials. No sale, delivery or other transfer of any pistol or revolver shall be made unless the person making the purchase or to whom the same is delivered or transferred is personally known to the person selling such pistol or revolver or making delivery or transfer thereof or provides evidence of his identity in the form of a motor vehicle operator's license, identity card issued pursuant to section 1-1h or valid passport. No sale, delivery or other transfer of any pistol or revolver shall be made until the person, firm or corporation making such transfer obtains an authorization number from the Commissioner of Public Safety. Said commissioner shall perform the national instant c#####nal background check and make a reasonable effort to determine whether there is any reason that would prohibit such applicant from possessing a [pistol or revolver] firearm as provided in section 53a-217c, as amended by this act. If the commissioner determines the existence of such a reason, the commissioner shall deny the sale and no pistol or revolver shall be sold, delivered or otherwise transferred by such person, firm or corporation to such applicant.
(d) No person, firm or corporation shall sell, deliver or otherwise transfer any pistol or revolver, other than at wholesale, unless such pistol or revolver is equipped with a reusable trigger lock, gun lock or gun locking device appropriate for such pistol or revolver, which lock or device shall be constructed of material sufficiently strong to prevent it from being easily disabled and have a locking mechanism accessible by key or by ##### or other mechanical accessory specific to such lock or device to prevent unauthorized removal. No pistol or revolver shall be ##### or contain therein any gunpowder or other explosive or any bullet, ball or shell when such pistol or revolver is sold, delivered or otherwise transferred.
(e) On and after January 1, 2010, no person, firm or corporation shall sell, deliver or otherwise transfer any semiautomatic pistol at retail unless such semiautomatic pistol is designed and equipped with a microscopic array of characters that identify the make, model and serial number of the pistol in two or more places on the interior surface or internal working parts of the pistol and that are transferred by imprinting on each cartridge case when the pistol is fired, provided the Attorney General certifies that the technology used to create the imprint is available to more than one manufacturer unencumbered by any patent restrictions. For the purposes of this subsection, "semiautomatic pistol" means a pistol the operating mode of which uses the energy of the explosive in a fixed cartridge to extract a fired cartridge and chamber a fresh cartridge with each single pull of the trigger.
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