K. Gun permits.

In 1994, the Connecticut legislature passed Conn. Gen. Stat. §29-28(d), making the names and addresses of people with permits to sell and carry pistols and revolvers exempt from FOIA. Prior to the enactment, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled in Superintendent of Police v. FOIC, 222 Conn. 621, 609 A.2d 998 (1992), that municipal pistol permits and all information contained therein are public records not "similar" to medical or personnel files so as to be exempt from disclosure under Conn. Gen. Stat. §1-210(b)(2).

The name and address of a person issued a certificate of possession of an assault weapon are likewise exempt from disclosure under FOIA. Conn. Gen. Stat. §53-202d. Both statutes contain exceptions allowing law enforcement agencies and the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services to access the information. Conn. Gen. Stat. §29-28(d) also permits the disclosure of such information to the extent necessary to comply with a request for verification that a permit is valid and not suspended or revoked.