CT has until Jan 1st to register assault weapons

[csaaphill]

http://www.infowars.com/ct-deadline-to-register-your-assault-weapon-is-jan-1/
Hugh McQuaid
 CT News Junkie
 December 4, 2013
 


Guns displayed at a hearing earlier this year by the state police / Hugh McQuaid file photo
 Connecticut residents who own guns categorized as assault weapons under firearm regulations have until the end of the month to register the weapons with the state before risking felony charges in some cases.
 
The registration requirement was included in gun control regulations approved in April as part of a state response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The law expanded the number of firearms prohibited in Connecticut and banned the sale of ammunition magazines that carry more than 10 rounds.
 
Although the law did not require gun owners who had previously purchased the weapons and magazines to get rid of them, it did require them to register the equipment with the state. The deadline for declaring the guns and high capacity magazines is Jan. 1.
 
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Connecticut residents who own guns categorized as assault weapons under firearm regulations have until the end of the month to register the weapons with the state before risking felony charges in some cases.
 
The registration requirement was included in gun control regulations approved in April as part of a state response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The law expanded the number of firearms prohibited in Connecticut and banned the sale of ammunition magazines that carry more than 10 rounds.

Although the law did not require gun owners who had previously purchased the weapons and magazines to get rid of them, it did require them to register the equipment with the state. The deadline for declaring the guns and high capacity magazines is Jan. 1.

As of mid-November, the state had received about 4,100 applications for assault weapon certificates and about 2,900 declarations of large-capacity magazines.

Michael Lawlor, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s criminal justice advisor, said that so far fewer people than expected have registered weapons under the new law. However, he said gun owners should take seriously the consequences of ignoring the law. Disregarding the registration requirements can carry felony charges in some cases, which can make Connecticut residents ineligible to own guns.

First-time offenders who can prove they owned the weapon before the law passed, and have otherwise followed the law, may be charged with a class A misdemeanor. In other cases, possessing one of the newly-banned guns will be considered a felony that carries with it a sentence of at least a year in prison.

“If you haven’t declared it or registered it and you get caught . . . you’ll be a felon. People who disregard the law are, among other things, jeopardizing their right to own firearms. If you’re not a law-abiding citizen, you’re not a law-abiding citizen,” Lawlor said.

Scott Wilson, president of the Connecticut Citizens Defense League, said he believes there are a number of gun owners in the state who have yet to register their weapons. Wilson counts himself among that number, although he said he plans to declare his rifle before Jan. 1. The CCDL is a Second Amendment advocacy group opposed to the new law.

Wilson said many Connecticut gun owners were holding off on registering their weapons while a lawsuit filed by his group makes its way through the court system. The complaint challenged the constitutionality of the new law and asked a judge to bar its implementation.

“I have a hunch that there’s at least 4,000 more [unregistered weapons.]” Wilson said. “I think a lot of our members were hoping there would be injunctive relief before the year’s end.”

Although the lawsuit is still pending, the court has not ordered an injunction and CCDL is advising its members to register their weapons and magazines before the deadline.

Wilson said there is grumbling about the requirement among Connecticut gun owners. Many of them fundamentally oppose the idea of declaring the firearms to the state. He said he agrees with their position, but does not want to see anyone become a felon for not following the new law.

“We’re law-abiding citizens. CCDL is law-abiding. Until we can get this law changed, we feel it’s in our best interest to register. I understand the mindset [of those who chose not register]. It runs contrary to pretty much everything I believe in,” he said. “I’ve dragged my feet. It doesn’t feel right to me but I’m going to do it.”

Wilson said gun owners looking for help complying with the law could visit his group’s website: http://www.ccdl.us/

The new law added about 100 guns to a list of weapons specifically banned in Connecticut and broadened a “physical characteristic test” of military-style features that make it an assault weapon. The expanded definition of assault weapon includes the AR-15 style weapon the gunman in Newtown used to murder 26 people.

The law includes an exemption for military service members who move to the state after the deadline. They have 90 days to apply for a certificate to keep the gun. Everyone else who moves to the state has a 90-day period to permanently disable it, sell it to a gun dealer, or move it out of Connecticut.

For first time offenders, possession of an assault weapon will be a Class A misdemeanor if the person can prove they owned the gun before the new law passed on April 4 and has otherwise complied with the law.

In other cases it will be a class D felony, which comes with a sentence of at least a year in prison. If someone is convicted of selling or giving someone else one of the newly-categorized assault weapons, it carries a prison sentence of at least two years. The law requires an additional six years in prison if someone gives one of the weapons to a minor.

Punishments for undeclared large-capacity magazines also will vary. Anyone who bought one before the law passed but did not register it will be subject to a $90 fine on the first offense and then will face a Class D felony on subsequent offenses.
 
Tags: Connecticut Citizens Defense League, assault weapon, Michael Lawlor, registration, ammunition, military
 

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[sebek556]

  it's coming. This is just another nail in the coffin.

[csaaphill]

Ya and so far NY hasn't done much with what's going on over there.
Kind of ashamed.

[Special T]

People in those places need to vote with their feet. Until they can they need to send their guns to a friend/relatives
 in a more gun friendly state.

[csaaphill]

I say no fight use thier 2nd amendment right sending them out of state makes them win!
what thier doing now is very unconstitutional and illegal No one or any principality should have the right to tell anyone who purchased a gun legally and owned for however long that they have to turn in make unusable, or move out of state. doesn't solve anything.
stay become an outlaw organise fight shoot back if neccessary!

[Special T]

That is a very romantic notion csaaphill. I would not want to be known as the next Ruby Ridge. I'm not saying you shouldn't fight back. The Citizens of Colorado have been fighting back and doing a good job. Lets just face it, there needs to be an assertion of states rights, and people need to congregate around like minded individuals. Since we live in a half blue state i can see similar issues in our future.

When i decided to purchase a home i made sure it was outside of the Pierce,King, Snohomish counties. I did this because i chose to vote with my feet & $. There were some very nice places that i looked at in the Stanwood area, however they are in the lion's den so i made the decision to move outside of it.

you have 3 ways to affect change, Your Time, your Vote and your $. IMO the $ has ALWAYS been the biggest of the 3 and is the only one you can really control.

[csaaphill]

Colorado is different than NY what is working their is because it's a rural state. I also think I seen that they have that option whereas NY doesn't, at least not before the General elction which has a snow balls chance in hell giving how blue NY is.
I've read that over 1,000 have already been arrested on these laws, or other laws that were enacted before the safe act, but they still are.
We lose because we don't do as our forefathers did we play games, pound our chest and say were good patriots for holding up a few signs, or get lawsuits going. Or recalls as you stated, and think we won. WHile all the while all we did was show our dislike of the law, but complied when the time came to fight.
This should have been a general call to arms over there and should be if still time iN CT as well.
To me this is like Paul Rever time, but can't get going if people are unwilling. Seems to me that people kind of beleive in what the Progresives are passing they just want to beatch and complain all the way!
Or just think it wont be all that bad so wont take up arms which is what we know they should do!
anyways ya I know it sucks but we lose and will lose this fight if not now over time and that sucks!

[Heredoggydoggy]

One thing old age has taught me is that EVERYTHING is about money!  To cut off the head of the liberal snake, you have to cut off his money! 

[pianoman9701]

CT reacted to a tragedy by wanting to do anything to make it feel better. The pandering of the politicians to their emotions was the listening they wanted and they gave up their rights. It's incredible these people can't see that this won't help us at all.

In the US last year, including the Sandy Hook Victims, a grand total of 370 people died from long guns of every category including MSRs. Almost 50% more people died from falling out of bed - 540. When you consider that 100,000-200,000 people die because of medical mistakes and incorrect diagnosis each year, the number of long gun deaths is so minuscule as to defy logic.

[snowpack]

P-man where'd you find that number for long guns, I thought it was 360 for rifles and 380 for shotguns.  Still really low compared to other sources.

[pianoman9701]

To Snowpack: Now I can't find it and from the other sources I can find, it appears that you're right. The fact that they're targeting ELFs (evil-looking rifles; nice for Christmas season, eh?) means that we can use that 370 number for rifles alone, excluding shotguns. I find it incredible that shotguns are included at all, but there you go.

[snowpack]

Pman, I've been looking for the updated numbers and what I found for 2012 was 322 for rifles (all kinds) and 303 for shotguns (all kinds).  Even lower than I was thinking. 

[pianoman9701]

And, even in light of those numbers, they're going after them only because they've been in the news. Going after handguns next should be a piece of cake for the grabbers. "One if by land, two if by sea. There on the opposite shore I'll be..."

[snowpack]

One thing I can't seem to find to breakdown those numbers even further is what percent of those rifles/shotguns are used in justifiable homicides (either civilian or police involvement).  I suspect with all the SWAT teams and police snipers and home defense long guns, that the evil criminal type homicides with long guns are probably half for each type.  So, I can see where your number for total long guns would be about half of the combined numbers I found.   

[csaaphill]

So whatever we should be seeing some kind of protest on this weather it's violent or not something damn!