To Whom it May Concern, OPPOSE Raised HB-5448 An Act Concerning a Risk Protection Order or Warrant SUPPORT Raised HB-5390 An Act Concerning the Duty to Retreat in a House of Religious Worship. SUPPORT- Raised HB- 5432 An Act Concerning Nonlethal Electronic Defense Weapons. I’m opposed to HB-5448 because it doesn’t afford due process protections, including high burdens of proof or cross-examination rights or the right to counsel. Do not...
Judiciary Committee, I’m opposed to HB5448, An Act Concerning a Risk Protection Order or Warrant. There is no need to change Connecticut’s current law. This current law is available to anyone at any time 365 days a year with police arriving within minutes from the time of call. In Connecticut, a confiscation petition may be filed only by law enforcement officers or state’s attorney. Any person—including family members, former dating...
Judiciary Committee Room 2500 300 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT 06106 OPPOSE: AN ACT CONCERNING A RISK PROTECTION ORDER OR WARRANT. SUPPORT: AN ACT CONCERNING NONLETHAL ELECTRONIC DEFENSE WEAPONS SUPPORT: AN ACT CONCERNING THE DUTY TO RETREAT IN A HOUSE OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP Esteemed Judiciary Committee Members, I am opposed to HB5448 AN ACT CONCERNING A RISK PROTECTION ORDER OR WARRANT. This bill is talking about taking away people's rights and...
Honorable Members of the Judiciary Committee, Courts have identified seven key elements in procedural due process; 1. Notice 2. A neutral decision-maker 3. An opportunity to make an oral presentation 4. The opportunity to present evidence 5. The opportunity to cross-examine witnesses and respond to evidence 6. Right to representation by counsel 7. A decision based on the record, and reasoning for the result. HB 5448 does not do this;...
Honorable Members of the Judiciary Committee, Courts have identified seven key elements in procedural due process; 1. Notice 2. A neutral decision-maker 3. An opportunity to make an oral presentation 4. The opportunity to present evidence 5. The opportunity to cross-examine witnesses and respond to evidence 6. Right to representation by counsel 7. A decision based on the record, and reasoning for the result. HB 5448 does not do this;...
Oppose- AAC a Risk Protection Order or Warrant Support- AAC the Duty to Retreat in a House of Religious Worship Support- AAC Nonlethal Electronic Defense Weapons Esteemed Judiciary Committee Members; I’m opposed to AAC a Risk Protection Order or Warrant. This bill as yet another political attack on gun owners and the Second Amendment by liberals and gun control advocates. [INSERT NAME] [INSERT TOWN]
OPPOSE Bill #5448 An Act Concerning a Risk Protection Order or Warrant To Whom it May Concern, The Giffords/Bloomberg system, allows petitions to be filed by a very wide variety of people, including ex-girlfriends or ex-boyfriends. Keep Connecticut’s requirement that a petition must be filed by two law enforcement officers, and they must have conducted an independent investigation. Best Regards, [INSERT NAME]
Oppose HB5448 AN ACT CONCERNING A RISK PROTECTION ORDER OR WARRANT Support HB5432 AN ACT CONCERNING NONLETHAL ELECTRONIC DEFENSE WEAPONS Honorable Members of the Judiciary Committee, It is well-known in family and domestic law that ex parte procedures with low standards of evidence are often abused by angry spouses in a divorce, jilted lovers, and so on. Do not take away the investigation by a 3rd party. Oppose HB5448. Support...
Re: H.B. 5448 AN ACT CONCERNING A RISK PROTECTION ORDER OR WARRANT H.B. 5390 AN ACT CONCERNING THE DUTY TO RETREAT IN A HOUSE OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP H.B. 5432 AN ACT CONCERNING NONLETHAL ELECTRONIC DEFENSE WEAPONS Oppose H.B. 5448 AN ACT CONCERNING A RISK PROTECTION ORDER OR WARRANT Support H.B. 5390 AN ACT CONCERNING THE DUTY TO RETREAT IN A HOUSE OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP Support H.B. 5432 AN ACT CONCERNING...
Members of the Judiciary Committee, It’s wrong for legislators to champion a red flag law as though they are the solution to the growing crisis of gun violence in America. Address the real problem fund the Firearm Trafficking Task Force, Support HB 5432 AN ACT CONCERNING NONLETHAL ELECTRONIC DEFENSE WEAPONS and HB 5390 AN ACT CONCERNING THE DUTY TO RETREAT IN A HOUSE OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP. Oppose HB 5448 AN...