In every state, Connecticut included, it is not unlawful for
a person with a valid carry permit to possess a legally obtained firearm. However, just because you know that you are
entitled to carry, does not mean that it is always a good idea to do so. With the memory of the tragedy that befell a
Colorado showing of “The Dark Knight Rises” last month not yet diminished, a Connecticut
attorney’s judgment failed him last week when he brought a loaded firearm
to a late night viewing of “The Dark Night Rises” in New Haven. While Attorney Sung-Ho Hwang is correct, in
a statement made to the press and reported in the Hartford Courant, that “[t]here
is no posting at Criterion-Bow Tie Cinemas that states that weapons are not
permitted. As far as the law is concerned, [he] ha[s] a right to carry
there," Mayor John DeStefano may be equally correct that "[j]ust
because something is legal, it doesn't make it right." Attorney Hwang was charged with breach of
peace and interfering with police.
