PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE      TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2006

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S. B. No. 304 (RAISED) AN ACT CONCERNING COLORED HANDGUNS.

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AN ACT CONCERNING COLORED HANDGUNS.

To ban the possession, manufacture or sale of handguns that are coated with various colors.  

Introduced by: Public Safety and Security Committee  

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 Add Notes to SB-304
 
Bill History (in reverse chronological order)  
 Date Action Taken  
 2/24/2006  Public Hearing 02/28  
 2/22/2006  Referred to Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security  
 2/16/2006 (PS) Vote to  

   
General Assembly
   Raised Bill No. 304

February Session, 2006
   LCO No. 1834

  *01834_______PS_*

Referred to Committee on Public Safety and Security
   
Introduced by:
   
(PS)
   


AN ACT CONCERNING COLORED HANDGUNS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2006) (a) No person shall manufacture, distribute, transport or import into the state, possess, offer or expose for sale or give away any handgun that is coated with a color other than chrome, military camel, black, gray or nickel.

(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to handguns used by the Department of Public Safety, police departments, the Department of Correction or the military or naval forces of this state or of the United States in the discharge of their official duties.

 
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:

Section 1
October 1, 2006
New section



Statement of Purpose:

To ban the possession, manufacture or sale of handguns that are coated with various colors.

[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.]

Please note - this bans POSSESSION OF

What the hell is "military camel"??

Its a camel that was deployed to Iraq with insufficeint armor plating on the sides and not enough spare parts to keep it running.  Must have come from the lowest bidder.



Oh and it spits too.

Son of a bitch, what about OD Green??? Like my Kel-tec P3AT slide I just got refinished in OD Green. Bastards!
This kind of crap is exactly why I am planning on moving out of this state as soon as I graduate college; asine laws for no apparent reason except to greaten restrictions and power over citizens. In Connecticut when in doubt more laws, more restrictions, and MORE government. Nevermind that the government becomes riddled with corruption and issues, just create more government to watch and control over everything.

Id like to know what the reasoning is for this proposed law. It seems that colors are now somehow contributing to crime? I guess it must be good to live in CT where you have no pressing issues of real importance. OTOH perhaps the people of CT are getting the legislature they deserved (voted for)....sad, very sad.

There is no reasoning. They want to ban guns - period. And this is another  underhanded way of doing
it.


Who determines/interprets what is or is not "black" vs. "blue"?

What happens to all the BLUE handguns out there, that were made decades to a century before modern
finishes?

How many unwitting felons will be in illegal possession of a handgun, like a BLUE revolver in a dresser drawer?

Who is to say whether "blue" is considered "black" for the purposes of this bill?

Ohh... my... God.

I am shocked by the stupidity indicated by this proposed legislation.  

Speechless... fucking speechless.


My OD green 1911 aint going anywhere.  


- BG

EDIT:  I believe the camel color must be desert tan... I could be mistaken.

Absolutley friggen retarted, dam dems, WTF crimanals prefer colored weapons now?

It just occured to me that once upon a time not so long ago the liberals where whining about evil black guns. Now black is one of the few approved colors. Whats up w/ that?

Frankly, I think gun owners should pool their $$ and expose the bill's author(s) to public ridicule. This makes absolutely NO sense and really deserves a tar and feathering in the press. I think even the stupidest person would roll their eyes on this one. Why on earth are they wasting public/govt time, effort and money on something so trivial and mindless. I dont think it would take tremendous mental abilities to hit a homerun on this one.

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Testimony presented to the Public Safety and Security Committee, February 28, 2006



IN OPPOSITION to Raised Bill 304, AN ACT CONCERNING COLORED HANDGUNS



by Robert T. Crook, Director





The purpose of this bill is - To ban the possession, manufacture or sale of handguns that are coated with various colors. We have to question WHY? Is there a problem?  We perceive the concern is that police may interpret a “colored “ handgun to be a toy and thus inadvertently shoot someone not presenting a danger.



When a cop has to fire his weapon, there is a life on the line. The life of either a cop or an innocent civilian – self-preservation or “Protect & Serve” - and he has to do it immediately. If he doesn’t, the great likelihood is that the criminal is going to fire and somebody may die. You don’t shoot people to catch them, you shoot people to keep them from killing someone. He who hesitates is dead.



Identification of the weapon is the optimum, but most times not possible. There are many instances of persons shot because they did not obey police orders and procedures and virtually all are justified. Police officers and members of the military are taught to aim at “center mass.” A massive survey of shooting incidents involving New York Police Department showed that in 70 percent of police shootings, officers didn’t have time to actually line up their sights and aim. The incident occurs so rapidly and at such close quarters that taking up a sight picture was not possible. This proposal asks them to identify the color?



We have searched virtually all firearm websites and can find NO handguns sold in pastel colors. Smith & Wesson had a “Ladysmith” handgun some years ago with pastel colors, but appears to have discontinued the line. Will we prosecute ex post facto? Handguns come in many other variations of colors other than those listed: STAINLESS STEEL, MATTE STAINLESS STEEL, SHADOW GRAY, MATTE SHADOW GRAY, BRIGHT BLUE, Commemorative Models, many with ornate gold inlays, and Two-Tone, BLUE (Receiver)-GOLD (Trigger/Safety)-PEARL (Grips), Ultra-lite-Alloy/Titanium (Silver Frame) Blue (Barrel/cylinder). Camouflage handguns are also a possibility in the future. Are citizen handgun owners, obeying the multitude of gun laws and considered “suitable” in order to get a pistol permit, now to be arrested (Class D Felony) for owning handguns based upon their preference in a color or potential color not listed in this bill?



In summary: We see NO documented problem, and if this bill were passed police would not react differently. Research on this bill obviously is deficient by inferring pastel guns are currently sold and not including other colors. Imposing continuing Ban proposals and restrictions, affecting the wrong segment of society and reducing rights, will clearly not affect criminal possession/use.



We urge Rejection.

                                             

Thank you.

CCS reports the bill was conceived by the CT Chiefs of Police association. - who are in total cahoots
with the Brady bunch.

They're a bunch of liberal, communist dweeb assholes.  You should have seen the bastards like the Manchester and Hartford police chiefs in uniform at the Lyceum center in Jan. Berry from Manchester calling for ammo bans and stating he is an NRA certified instructor???

He needs to be reported to the NRA and have his instructor rating pulled.

and the SOB from Hartford? Harnett? Openly stands up in uniform telling the anti gun "sponsors"
he is a supporter of the Brady Campaign. He says that in UNIFORM in official capacity.

Now, if a pro gun chief stated he was a supporter of the NRA, he would be lynched by the press and fired the next day.

They want to create 150,000 class D felons at the stroke of a pen?