General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 645

 

January Session, 2015

 

LCO No. 2526

 

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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY

 

Introduced by:

 

SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING DEFINITIONS OF "DEADLY WEAPON" AND "DANGEROUS INSTRUMENT".

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

That the general statutes be amended to reconcile various definitions of "deadly weapon" and "dangerous instrument" and to clarify that an electronic defense weapon is not a firearm.

Statement of Purpose:

To clarify the statutes concerning definitions and classifications of weapons.