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  • Unique law lets police seize guns before a crime is committed

    08/03/2008 8:43:28 AM PDT · by Graybeard58 · 143 replies · 512+ views
    Waterbury Republican-American ^ | August 3, 2008 | Paul hughes
    HARTFORD -- Using a unique state law, police in Connecticut have disarmed dozens of gun owners based on suspicions that they might harm themselves or others. The state's gun seizure law is considered the first and only law in the country that allows the confiscation of a gun before the owner commits an act of violence. Police and state prosecutors can obtain seizure warrants based on concerns about someone's intentions. State police and 53 police departments have seized more than 1,700 guns since the law took effect in October 1999, according to a new report to the legislature. There are...