Shooting a robber at another family's home?

[PogiMoto]

Quick questions, every weekend I travel and stay in Bridgeport at my girlfriends home. Is it okay for me to keep my gun unloaded and placed in my back pack in the trunk of my car while heading down there? And for example a robber comes into my girlfriends home and I'm not aware if he is armed or not, does that give me the right to shoot him with my firearm without hesitation? Mind you I'm from Danbury and my girlfriends family lives in the bad side of Bridgeport. My daughter is with us when I'm there and I just want to keep our family safe from any harm. My girlfriends family knows I carry and are okay with it. Btw, I carry my ruger LCP when I CC. So what do you guys think?

[Rich_B]

Is it okay for me to keep my gun unloaded and placed in my back pack in the trunk of my car while heading down there?

Is it a handgun and do you have a permit?

And for example a robber comes into my girlfriends home and I'm not aware if he is armed or not, does that give me the right to shoot him with my firearm without hesitation?

You don't have that 'right' anywhere in Connecticut. You need to take a training class like the one RayJay is putting on.

My daughter is with us when I'm there and I just want to keep our family safe from any harm.

Are you planning to keep the pistol in your backpack? That could easily land you in trouble with our 'safe storage' law and just basic responsibility. If the firearm isn't on you and under your personal control, it should be made not accessible by a child.

[Mustang]

Good luck on defending yourself and family, if your firearm is unloaded in your back pack and locked in your trunk. Why would you keep it that way?

[PogiMoto]

Yes I have a Connecticut state permit. What I'm asking is, instead of keeping the gun on my persons while driving down to Bridgeport, is it okay to jus leave it in my backpack in the trunk of my car when I drive down there? And when I do arrive at my girlfriends family's house, I will have the gun on my persons throughout the whole time.

[30 cal slut]

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Why not just leave it at home, locked up?

If you leave it in your car, and your car gets stolen - you run the very real risk of having your pistol permit revoked.

p.s.  Concealed means concealed.

[Rich_B]

What I'm asking is, instead of keeping the gun on my persons while driving down to Bridgeport, is it okay to jus leave it in my backpack in the trunk of my car when I drive down there?

Yes. The question is why you would ever want to do that. But if you have a permit, there is no requirement the firearm be on your person in the car.

And when I do arrive at my girlfriends family's house, I will have the gun on my persons throughout the whole time.

Then why take it off in the car?

[skyman]

Yes I have a Connecticut state permit. What I'm asking is, instead of keeping the gun on my persons while driving down to Bridgeport, is it okay to jus leave it in my backpack in the trunk of my car when I drive down there? And when I do arrive at my girlfriends family's house, I will have the gun on my persons throughout the whole time.

Why don't you just carry it while you drive? Seems alot easier than the alternative. To answer your question if the gun is not directly on you, you need to have the gun unloaded, secured(locked) and unavailable(i.e.trunk). Also you will need you ammo secured(locked) in a seperate container also unavailable to you(i.e. trunk). I hope that answers your question. 

[Mustang]

Still, if you have a permit to carry why leave it in the back pack lock in your trunk? Other than that I would say no. You would need to secure the firearm if it is not going to be on you when traveling. Pistol lock, unloaded, and in a locked box. All ammunition must be separate from the firearm case and stored else where. I do not carry this way at all and would never would carry a pistol or revolver that way when you have a permit.

[Rich_B]

To answer your question if the gun is not directly on you, you need to have the gun unloaded, secured(locked) and unavailable(i.e.trunk). Also you will need you ammo secured(locked) in a seperate container also unavailable to you(i.e. trunk). I hope that answers your question.

This is not at all true. No such law exists.

[Rich_B]

You would need to secure the firearm if it is not going to be on you when traveling. Pistol lock, unloaded, and in a locked box. All ammunition must be separate from the firearm case and stored else where. I'm sure someone else can elaborate on this and give a definite. I do not carry this way at all and would never would carry a pistol or revolver that way when you have a permit.

This is not true at all. No such law exists.

[Mustang]

Then maybe the laws changed. When I took my class way back then in the early 90's this is what was taught at my class.

[Rich_B]

Then maybe the laws changed. When I took my class way back then in the early 90's this is what was taught at my class.

What is taught in a class doesn't always equate to what the law is. It is your duty to do your own research.