AN ACT CONCERNING THE REPORTING OF THE LOSS OR THEFT OF A FIREARM.


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 6899*
*January Session, 2007*		LCO No. 1717

Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
REP. DYSON, 94th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE REPORTING OF THE LOSS OR THEFT OF A FIREARM.

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

That the general statutes be amended to require that any person who possesses a firearm to report the loss or theft of such firearm to the local police department or resident state trooper within seventy-two hours.

Statement of Purpose:

To assist the police in tracking lost or stolen firearms and solving crimes by requiring the owner of a firearm that has been lost or stolen to promptly report such loss or theft to a law enforcement agency.