Housing authority's new rules for gun owners invite legal challenge

A couple of weeks ago we wrote about some proposed changes to the firearms policy on properties run by the Stratford, Connecticut housing authority; namely, a ban on openly-carried firearms as well as a new storage requirement for all guns and ammunition.

The ban was proposed after a tenant supposedly “alarmed” his neighbors by lawfully and openly carrying his handgun for self-protection; an act not barred by either state law or housing authority policy.
 

Well, at least until now. On Monday, the housing authority’s board of commissioners went ahead and adopted the new restrictions, despite the likelihood of a court challenge.