Connecticut § 29-37g Gun show requirements.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 29-37g — Gun show requirements.

Connecticut § 29-37g

Title 29Public Safety and State Police

Ch. 529Division of State Police

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-37g (2026).

Text

(a)For the purposes of this section, (1) “gun show” means any event (A) at which fifty or more firearms are offered or exhibited for sale, transfer or exchange to the public and (B) at which two or more persons are exhibiting one or more firearms for sale, transfer or exchange to the public; and (2) “gun show promoter” means any person who organizes, plans, promotes or operates a gun show.

(b)Not later than thirty days before commencement of a gun show, the gun show promoter shall provide notice of the date, time, duration and location of the gun show to (1) the chief of police of the municipality in which the gun show is to take place, or (2) where there is no chief of police, the chief executive officer of the municipality, as defined in section 7-148 , in which the gun show is to take

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(a) For the purposes of this section, (1) “gun show” means any event (A) at which fifty or more firearms are offered or exhibited for sale, transfer or exchange to the public and (B) at which two or more persons are exhibiting one or more firearms for sale, transfer or exchange to the public; and (2) “gun show promoter” means any person who organizes, plans, promotes or operates a gun show. (b) Not later than thirty days before commencement of a gun show, the gun show promoter shall provide notice of the date, time, duration and location of the gun show to (1) the chief of police of the municipality in which the gun show is to take place, or (2) where there is no chief of police, the chief executive officer of the municipality, as defined in section 7-148 , in which the gun show is to take place or, if designated by such chief executive officer, the resident state trooper serving such municipality or a state police officer of the state police troop having jurisdiction over such municipality. (c) No person, firm or corporation shall sell, deliver or otherwise transfer a firearm at a gun show until such person, firm or corporation has complied with the provisions of section 29-36 l .

Legislative History

(P.A. 99-212, S. 17; P.A. 22-102, S. 9.) History: P.A. 22-102 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting “notify the chief of police or, where there is no chief of police, the warden of the borough or the first selectman of the town in which the gun show is to take place” and inserting “provide notice” and adding Subdivs. (1) and (2) re chief of police and chief executive officer of the municipality or designated resident state trooper or state police officer for warden or first selectman, effective July 1, 2022.