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Gun Control & RKBA

Lurks Often

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5. in CT a pistol permit is required to simply BUY a handgun,

Reply to Eleanors38 (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 7, 2013, 11:36 AM

Jan 2013

there is/was a permit to purchase, but since the requirements are the same as a permit to carry, almost nobody got one.

CT is essentially a Shall Issue state, despite the state law reading as May Issue.

So the increase in pistol permit courses would suggest either a lot more first time handgun buyers or first time buyers period.

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in CT a pistol permit is required to simply BUY a handgun, Lurks Often Jan 2013 #5

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