First Selectman Dave Barger to retain firearm permit duties

FALLS VILLAGE — First Selectman Dave Barger will continue handling local firearm permit applications, although Connecticut law allows him to delegate that responsibility to state police, he told the Board of Selectmen Monday, Nov. 9. Barger, a retired state police master sergeant, said that in municipalities like Falls Village, which have neither a local police force nor a resident state trooper, the first selectman handles permit applications but may turn that duty over to state police. For now, Barger said, he will retain the responsibility, even though each application takes four to five hours to process. “I do a little more than most,” he said. He said he knows the people applying for permits and that some townspeople would be more comfortable working with him than going to the Troop B barracks. Barger wanted selectmen Judy Jacobs and Chris Kinsella to be aware of the option, adding that a future first selectman might want to revisit the matter.

This excerpt comes from the named source. Read the original for the full reporting.