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Connecticut's Top Law Enforcement Officer Says Gun Permit Bill Doesnt Offend the Constitution
HARTFORD, CT - Allowing police officers to ask gun owners to show their permits if they are openly carrying their weapons isn’t an infringement of their rights in the eyes of Chief State’s Attorney Kevin Kane.
But it’s currently the law. One that some police officers are looking to change.
“It’s a limited intrusion that would pass constitutional muster,” Kane testified during Wednesday’s public hearing.
Second Amendment groups like the Connecticut Citizens Defense League are opposed to it because, they say, it is a constitutionally protected right.
Read more: http://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/archives/entry/connecticuts_top_law_enforcement_officer_says_gun_permit_bill_doesnt_offend/