Rec'd this subject:
CT: "Assault Weapons"
Date:
Tue, 30 Apr 2002 10:33:00 -0400
From:
"Robert Crook"
To:
Getting a lot of e-mails similar to below. This is not legal advice but - Keep
your gun - Do nothing yet. We expect to solve
this problem soon in the legislature. Negotiations ongoing now. We expect a corrective
bill to pass within the next week
before the end of session (May 8). We'll do the best we can to protect you from
arrest and insure you can keep the guns
purchased. More to follow.
----- Original Message -----
From: To:
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 10:33 PM
Subject: sar 1 in CONNECTICUT
TODAY (4-29) I CALLED THE CT. DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY FIREARMS UNIT AND
INQUIRED AS TO THE STATUS OF THE SAR 1 AK-STYLE RIFLE IN CONNECTICUT. I WAS
TOLD THE
RIFLE IS CONSIDERED AN ASSAULT RIFLE AND IS INCLUDED IN THE 1993 BAN. POSSESSION
OF THE
SAR1 IS AGAINST THE LAW. I TOLD HIM I LEGALLY PURCHASED IT AT HOFFMAN'S GUN
STORE 2
MONTHS AGO. HE SAID THAT I DIDN'T PURCHASE IT LEGALLY BECAUSE IT IS NOT A STATE
LEGAL
FIREARM. HE TOLD ME I CAN SURRENDER IT TO THEM, MAKE IT INOPERABLE, SELL IT
TO AN OUT OF
STATE DEALER OR ASK HOFFMAN'S FOR MY MONEY BACK-OR SUE HOFFMAN'S IN SMALL
CLAIMS COURT. HE SAID THE 1993 BAN INCLUDES THE AVTOMAT KALASHNIKOV AK-47 TYPE.
THE
SAR 1, HE CLAIMS, IS AN AK-47 "TYPE" AND THEREFORE ILLEGAL. WHAT DO I MAKE OF
THIS? IF THE
SAR 1 IS AN ILLEGAL ASSAULT WEAPON HOW THEN HAS HOFFMAN'S GUN DEALERS NOT BEEN
ARRESTED? HOFFMAN'S HAS, I'VE NOTICED, REMOVED THEM FROM THE SALES FLOOR. I
WANT TO
KEEP THIS GUN. WHAT IS GOING ON? THANKS
s tonight