Editor’s Note: The author, a business and commercial litigation associate at a Stamford law firm, has addressed this as an open letter to Connecticut Bar Association members and leaders. He requested publication in the Connecticut Law Tribune. The Shew v. Malloy case referred to is before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; the CBA’s House of Delegates voted to join an amicus brief in support of the firearm and ammunition control measures approved in the wake of the Newtown school shootings.

Dear Colleagues: