Testimony 2020

Connecticut General Assembly Joint Committee on Judiciary Legislative Office Building, Room 2500 300 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT 06106 Re: OPPOSTITION to H.B. 5448 AN ACT CONCERNING A RISK PROTECTION ORDER OR WARRANT.  To: The members of the Judiciary Committee, I am strongly opposed to the Extreme Risk Protective Order or Warrant bill, which are already […]

Esteemed Judiciary Committee Members; OPPOSE- H.B. 5448 AAC a Risk Protection Order or Warrant The bill would demand that anyone who has had a risk warrant filed against them prove by a preponderance of evidence that they are no longer a risk before any of their property will be returned. All Connecticut residents who value

Oppose Bill #5448 An Act Concerning a Risk Protection Order or Warrant Members of the Joint Judiciary Committee Keep the due process, allow for an investigation before rights are taken away. Any procedure that allows a judge to hear only one side of a case necessarily will produce a high error rate. [INSERT NAME] [INSERT

Esteemed Judiciary Committee Members; This is another opportunity for the state to potentially deprive certain people of their civil liberties. Oppose Raised HB-5448 AN ACT CONCERNING A RISK PROTECTION ORDER OR WARRANT. Sincerely,  [INSERT NAME] [INSERT TOWN] 

To Whom it May Concern, OPPOSE Raised HB-5448 An Act Concerning a Risk Protection Order or Warrant Afford strong due process protections, including high burdens of proof (i.e., “clear and convincing evidence”), cross-examination rights, and the right to counsel. Not ex parte orders. Thank You! [INSERT NAME] [INSERT TOWN]

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

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

Oppose- AAC a Risk Protection Order or Warrant 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

Oppose HB5448 AN ACT CONCERNING A RISK PROTECTION ORDER OR WARRANT 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