Connecticut firearms board sued over returning Derby man’s pistol permit

By Ed Stannard
Register Staff

The commissioner of the state’s public safety department has filed suit against the state Board of Firearms Permit Examiners and a Derby man, appealing the return of the man’s pistol permit in what a state prosecutor had called “a nothing case.”
Scott Lazurek, 36, of 21 Burtville Ave., was a security guard who had had his permit revoked by West Haven police in June 2013. Police had stopped him and a friend on the city boardwalk as they carried their loaded pistols in the open.
Lazurek refused to show his permit, which he was later found to have with him. His friend willingly showed his permit.

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