Connecticut-2017-HB05972-Introduced


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5972*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 1832
		01832
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. DUBITSKY, 47th Dist. REP. PAVALOCK-D'AMATO, 77th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING NONLETHAL DEFENSIVE INSTRUMENTS.

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

That sections 29-38, 53-206 and 53a-217 of the general statutes be amended to remove nonlethal electronic defense weapons from the list of prohibited weapons.

Statement of Purpose:

To allow persons to protect themselves using nonlethal defensive instruments in conformity with the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Caetano v. Massachusetts.