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WFSB 3 Connecticut  I-Team Investigation  Local police depts.
want more say with issuing pistol permits  Posted: Updated: The
Board of Firearms Permit Examiners The Board of Firearms Permit
Examiners  Connecticut's police chiefs want to know why they
aren't being trusted to decide when people in their town
shouldn't get a pistol permit.  After a notable arrest earlier
this year, the Channel 3 Eyewitness News I-Team asked Chief
Investigative reporter Eric Parker to dig into the process, and
what he found could surprise you.  The law in Connecticut makes
a local police chief the person who decides on the permit
application.  If you apply and get denied, or have a permit and
then get it revoked when you commit a crime, the place to appeal
is the Board of Firearms Permit Examiners.  They conduct
hundreds of hearings, and have the tough task of deciding when
police are wrong,  and in those cases they give a permit to
someone who they hope won't betray