Issue Position: Second Amendment

Issue Position

I am a proud American who recognizes that the sovereignty of each individual is paramount, including the individual right to self-protection. As a member of CCDL and the NRA and also a pistol permit holder who is active in the shooting sports, you can count on me to strongly oppose ANY restrictions to our 2nd Amendment rights.

During the 2011 session of the CT General Assembly, I introduced legislation to make it easier to renew pistol permits (which became law), strengthen our state's castle doctrine and to allow Sunday hunting.

During the 2013 session of the CT General Assembly, I vigorously opposed Senate Bill 1160 / Public Act 13-3. This is the comprehensive gun control bill that was passed into law under the direction of Governor Malloy and leaders in both the House and Senate. You can find video of my speech on the floor of the House of Representatives on the Videos page of this site. I will continue to work to reverse this onerous legislation and defend our CT State and US Constitutional freedoms.

I support "emergency powers" legislation that would prohibit the state or any government agency, during a declared state of emergency, from prohibiting or restricting the otherwise lawful possession, use, carrying, transfer, transportation, storage, or display of a firearm or ammunition; seizure or confiscation of a lawfully possessed firearm; or requiring registration of a firearm or ammunition for which registration is not otherwise required by law.

Currently I am working on a bill that would require each municipality in Connecticut to follow the same identical uniform criteria when issuing a temporary pistol permit which is required as part of the process of obtaining your state permit.

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