Due to the social distancing requirements caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the April CCDL Monthly meeting is canceled. We will be sending an update to members in the coming days. Stay safe and carry on!
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03/10/2020 for Immediate Release: (Southbury, CT) – The Connecticut Citizens Defense League along with fellow plaintiffs have filed suit in the United States District Court (Ross v. Mellekas). The suit challenges part of Public Act 13-3 (An Act Concerning Gun Violence Prevention and Children’s Safety) that was enacted by the Connecticut Legislature back in 2013. The
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3/04/2020(Southbury, CT) For Immediate Release: The Connecticut Citizens Defense League President Holly Sullivan issues the following statement in response to an Act Concerning a Risk Protection Order or Warrant (HB5448): “The Connecticut Citizens Defense League is extremely concerned about the removal of law enforcement investigatory procedure in order to proceed with an expanded red flag
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Re: OPPOSTITION to HB 5448 AN ACT CONCERNING A RISK PROTECTION ORDER OR WARRANT Joint Committee on Judiciary, I’m opposed to this bill. Once again leave it to this committee to take the guns first, go through due process second. At such a high rate of abuse of ex parte order in Connecticut-people that aren’t
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I am Opposed to Bill #5448 AN ACT CONCERNING A RISK PROTECTION ORDER OR WARRANT Sen Winfield, Rep Stafstrom, Members of the Judiciary Committee, If this committee is concerned with legal gun owners’ mental health, why pass a bill that will discourage gun owners from seeking mental health? The current law has is effective. Oppose
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Joint Committee on Judiciary 300 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT 06106 OPPOSTITION to HB 5448 AN ACT CONCERNING A RISK PROTECTION ORDER OR WARRANT To: Members of the Joint Judiciary Committee, HB 5448 AN ACT CONCERNING A RISK PROTECTION ORDER OR WARRANT is a phony solution created by the same politicians who fail to hold accountable
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Re: OPPOSTITION to H.B. 5448 AN ACT CONCERNING A RISK PROTECTION ORDER OR WARRANT. To: The members of the Judiciary Committee, Any procedure that allows a judge to hear only one side of a case will only produce a high rate of abuse. This is constitutional rights you’re talking about. Keep Connecticut’s requirement that a
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Joint Committee on Judiciary Legislative Office Building 300 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT 06106 RE: OPPOSTITION to HB 5448 AN ACT CONCERNING A RISK PROTECTION ORDER OR WARRANT Dear Committee, I am a resident of Connecticut and wish to voice my OPPOSTITION to HB 5448 AN ACT CONCERNING A RISK PROTECTION ORDER OR WARRANT. Rather than
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OPPOSE-Raised HB-5448 An Act Concerning a Risk Protection Order or Warrant To Whom it May Concern, HB-5448 is to establish a risk protection order and to expand upon the list of persons who may be complainants for purposes of issuance of a risk warrant. Currently, anyone can call 9-1-1 and do this. HB-5448 is to
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Judiciary Committee 300 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT 06106 Judiciary Committee, I’m opposed to HB5448, An Act Concerning a Risk Protection Order or Warrant. There is no need to change Connecticut’s risk warrant law. Currently, the risk warrant is available to anyone at any time, day or night, weekday, weekends or holidays, with police arriving within
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