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Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies

Board of Firearms Permit Examiners

Web page | Statutory Authority |Agency History |
Published histories/articles
| State Library Collections | List of Commissioners

Agency Web page

Statutory Authority :
Sec. 29-32b, General Statutes.

Agency History :

1967, established by P.A. 633, 1967, placed under the Licensing, Registration, and Examination Board.
1977, put under Dept. of  Public Safety for administrative purposes only per P.A. 77-614, s. 509.

Published Histories/Articles :
For a description of operations and statutory history, see Office of Legislative Research Reports 2000-R-0856 and 2000-R-0819.

Agency Documents and Records in the State Library Collections :
Check the State Library catalog, CONSULS, under these author headings for publications by the agency available in the State Library :

Connecticut. Board of Firearms Permit Examiners.

Reports are located in :

[CSL Call Number ConnDoc Co80 rp]
1967-2001, Digest of Administrative Reports to the Governor [CSL Call Number ConnDoc F40 d] and 2002-, the online version

State Archives Record Group :
Not available

List of Heads :

Name

Years of Service

Chairperson  
James E. Murray III 1967-Sept. 1, 1968
G. Eric Doerschler 1968-1998
Michael O’Connor 1998-1999
Bernard Gaffney 2000
Philip Dukes 2000-2004
Christopher R. Adams 2004-2008
Joseph T. Corradino 2008-Present

Prepared by the Government Information and Reference Services Unit, page revised 10/2008.