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Firearm seizure working group flags compliance obstacles, suggests adding defendant signature to notice form

Connecticut Domestic Violence Council · April 23, 2026
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Summary

The firearms seizure and compliance working group identified four obstacles to ideal compliance—registration gaps, incomplete surrender verification, unsigned compliance forms, and resource limits for follow‑up—and proposed modifying the JDCL‑98 notice to include a defendant signature line acknowledging weapon prohibitions.

Members of the council's firearms seizure and compliance working group updated the full council April 22 on efforts to improve verification that defendants subject to protective orders have surrendered firearms.

Shauna Harrington, Director of Legal Advocacy at CCADV and co‑chair of the firearms group, said the working group identified four primary obstacles: lack of mandatory firearm…

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