State Gun Laws

When a judge is deciding whether a person’s firearms should be seized (removed), the judge must consider many factors, including the person’s:

• recent threats or acts of violence towards other people;
• recent threats or acts of violence towards himself/herself; and
• recent acts of cruelty to animals.¹

When deciding if these recent threats or acts of violence give the judge probable cause to believe that a person is at a risk of immediate personal injury to himself/herself or others, the judge can consider other factors, including the person’s:

• reckless (irresponsible) use, display, or flaunting of a firearm;
• history of use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against other people;
• prior involuntary commitment in a hospital for people with psychiatric disabilities; and
• illegal use of controlled substances (drugs) or abuse of alcohol.¹

¹ Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-38c(b)