Section 29-37b - Retail dealer to equip firearms with gun locking device and provide written warning at time of sale. Penalty(a) Each person, firm or corporation which engages in the retail sale of any firearm, at the time of sale of any such firearm, shall (1) equip such firearm with a reusable trigger lock, gun lock or gun locking device appropriate for such firearm, which lock or device shall be constructed of material sufficiently strong to prevent it from being easily disabled and have a locking mechanism accessible by key or by electronic or other mechanical accessory specific to such lock or device to prevent unauthorized removal, and (2) provide to the purchaser thereof a written warning which shall state in block letters not less than one inch in height: "UNLAWFUL STORAGE OF A LOADED FIREARM MAY RESULT IN IMPRISONMENT OR FINE."(b) Each such person, firm or corporation shall conspicuously post and at all times display the warning specified in subsection (a) of this section in block letters not less than three inches in height.(c) Any person, firm or corporation which violates any provision of this section shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars for each violation.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-37b
(P.A. 90-144, S. 3; P.A. 98-129 , S. 2 .)
Amended by P.A. 23-0053,S. 33 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2023 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2023. Cited. 242 C. 211 .