AN ACT CONCERNING BALLISTIC FINGERPRINTING OF FIREARMS AND THE REPORTING OF LOST OR STOLEN FIREARMS.


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 6935*
*January Session, 2007*		LCO No. 2841

Referred to Committee on Public Safety and Security
Introduced by:
REP. CANDELARIA, JUAN 95th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING BALLISTIC FINGERPRINTING OF FIREARMS AND THE REPORTING OF LOST OR STOLEN FIREARMS.

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

That the general statutes be amended to require firearm manufacturers and dealers to provide police with a sample bullet or cartridge discharged from a firearm or a digital image thereof prior to the sale of such firearm, and to require firearm owners to file a police report within ninety-six hours of discovering that their firearm has been lost or stolen.

Statement of Purpose:

To require the collection of ballistic information from firearms prior to their sale and require the reporting of lost or stolen firearms.