CT Governor Wants To Balance Budget On The Backs Of Gun Owners

posted on February 10, 2017

If you’re an anti-gun governor looking to decrease your state’s $3.6 billion deficit, where do you begin? The answer couldn’t be easier for Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy—you start with your most reviled group, and penalize them with the heftiest of fees. 

Malloy’s new budget proposes a four-fold increase in pistol permit fees—from $70 to a whopping $300. He’s also wanting to raise the five-year pistol permit fee from $140 to $370 and background check fees from $50 to $75. In other words, he’s penalizing any citizen who wants to own or use a gun simply because he himself is vehemently opposed to them. 

“The increase of pistol permit fees 400 percent is astronomical,” said Scott Wilson, president of the Connecticut Citizens Defense League (CCDL). And while CCDL members and other gun owners have reached out to Malloy to express their concern, Wilson believes it’s wasted effort. "It's no secret that Gov. Malloy really does not care about gun rights or Second Amendment rights or gun owners in the state of Connecticut,” he said.

Latest

Gun Store with customers
Gun Store with customers

Zeroed Out: Trump Administration Formally Ends Biden-Era War On Gun Dealers

The Trump administration has formally revoked the Biden-Harris administration’s “zero-tolerance” policy for inspections of federal firearm licensees.

John Lott on the ATF and the Second Trump Administration

Gun-control groups hate Lott, as he digs into the real details about guns and crime in America. His peer-reviewed research has clearly shown that gun ownership tends to reduce crime.

The Armed Citizen® June 13, 2025

True stories of the right to keep and bear arms

Taiwan Has a Gun-Control Problem

Despite a surge in interest in urban warfare training and emergency medical courses among civilians, the Taiwanese government remains stubbornly attached to one of the strictest gun-control regimes in the world.

Why Gun Control Has Always Been a Battle Between Elites and the People

Gun-control elitists are now, and have always been, focused on subjugating the American citizenry.



Get the best of America's 1st Freedom delivered to your inbox.