Is there a residency requirement for pistol permits?
The Superior Court issued a decision in September that is troubling for anyone applying for a local (town) pistol permit. The case began when a woman named Susan Tirrell applied to the town of West Hartford for a pistol permit. She was denied, and she appealed to the Board of Firearms Permit Examiners. The board ruled against her, finding that she was not a “suitable person” as required by Section 29-28(b) of the General Statutes. Tirrell appealed to the Superior Court, asking the court to overturn the board s decision. But the court never ruled on the question of whether the board had acted correctly. Instead, Judge Maloney simply decided that because Tirrell had moved from West Hartford some time after she applied for the permit, she was disqualified for not being a resident of the town. I don t think I am alone in questioning the court decision. Section 29-28(b) is the only part of the statutes that discusses residency of the applicant. The statute says, “Upon the application of any
