Stratford Police Dept. v. Board of Firearms Permit Examiners

Summary

The court held that an out-of-state misdemeanor conviction equivalent to one of the Connecticut offenses listed in § 29-28 (b) (2) (B) is not an automatic bar to obtaining a pistol permit because the statute does not expressly include equivalent out-of-state offenses. Such a conviction may nevertheless be considered in the discretionary suitability determination. The court also held that the trial court improperly reweighed the evidence and substituted its judgment for the Board's determination that the applicant was suitable, so it reversed and remanded for judgment sustaining the applicant's appeal.