Posted: 4/4/2013 3:01:46 PM EDT
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So, since the new AWB repealed the old AWBs definitions of an "assault weapon" and instated the new definition; does that mean we can have an unlimited number of features on the "assault weapons" we have until Jan to register? What about people who have DPS certificates for previously declared "assault weapons" such as the AKM and FN FAL. And what if someone had an AKM and didn't register it before? Could they register it now?
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So, since the new AWB repealed the old AWBs definitions of an "assault weapon" and instated the new definition; does that mean we can have an unlimited number of features on the "assault weapons" we have until Jan to register? What about people who have DPS certificates for previously declared "assault weapons" such as the AKM and FN FAL. And what if someone had an AKM and didn't register it before? Could they register it now? Why does this law have to be so fucking unclear. +1 I'm so confused Can I now have an adjustable stock, flash hider, etc? |
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So, since the new AWB repealed the old AWBs definitions of an "assault weapon" and instated the new definition; does that mean we can have an unlimited number of features on the "assault weapons" we have until Jan to register? What about people who have DPS certificates for previously declared "assault weapons" such as the AKM and FN FAL. And what if someone had an AKM and didn't register it before? Could they register it now? Why does this law have to be so fucking unclear. +1 I'm so confused Can I now have an adjustable stock, flash hider, etc? That's what read somewhere - after you register your current rifle as an AW - you can put the added features on yourself - kind of makes sense - |
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So, since the new AWB repealed the old AWBs definitions of an "assault weapon" and instated the new definition; does that mean we can have an unlimited number of features on the "assault weapons" we have until Jan to register? What about people who have DPS certificates for previously declared "assault weapons" such as the AKM and FN FAL. And what if someone had an AKM and didn't register it before? Could they register it now? Why does this law have to be so fucking unclear. +1 I'm so confused Can I now have an adjustable stock, flash hider, etc? That's what read somewhere - after you register your current rifle as an AW - you can put the added features on yourself - kind of makes sense - So what if i had an FN FAL sitting under my bed for the last 10 years? Could I suddenly just register that? ...I wish I had a FAL 
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So, since the new AWB repealed the old AWBs definitions of an "assault weapon" and instated the new definition; does that mean we can have an unlimited number of features on the "assault weapons" we have until Jan to register? What about people who have DPS certificates for previously declared "assault weapons" such as the AKM and FN FAL. And what if someone had an AKM and didn't register it before? Could they register it now? Why does this law have to be so fucking unclear. +1 I'm so confused Can I now have an adjustable stock, flash hider, etc? That's what read somewhere - after you register your current rifle as an AW - you can put the added features on yourself - kind of makes sense - So what if i had an FN FAL sitting under my bed for the last 10 years? Could I suddenly just register that? ...I wish I had a FAL
That is a good question. There are A LOT of named guns not picked up in the 93 ban, that one would think that the state would want to capture in this registration. Like an AK-47 bought out of state in 2006 and lying under someone's bed |
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So, since the new AWB repealed the old AWBs definitions of an "assault weapon" and instated the new definition; does that mean we can have an unlimited number of features on the "assault weapons" we have until Jan to register? What about people who have DPS certificates for previously declared "assault weapons" such as the AKM and FN FAL. And what if someone had an AKM and didn't register it before? Could they register it now? Why does this law have to be so fucking unclear. +1 I'm so confused Can I now have an adjustable stock, flash hider, etc? That's what read somewhere - after you register your current rifle as an AW - you can put the added features on yourself - kind of makes sense - So what if i had an FN FAL sitting under my bed for the last 10 years? Could I suddenly just register that? ...I wish I had a FAL
That is a good question. There are A LOT of named guns not picked up in the 93 ban, that one would think that the state would want to capture in this registration. Like an AK-47 bought out of state in 2006 and lying under someone's bed Yeah, I wonder if they could register it or not. I also wonder what happens to people that already have DPS certificates for their registered AKs, FALs, and all that jazz? Will they have to re-register them? It would be awesome if someone that bought an out of state ak in 06 could register that puppy. I wish I had more guns
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So, since the new AWB repealed the old AWBs definitions of an "assault weapon" and instated the new definition; does that mean we can have an unlimited number of features on the "assault weapons" we have until Jan to register? What about people who have DPS certificates for previously declared "assault weapons" such as the AKM and FN FAL. And what if someone had an AKM and didn't register it before? Could they register it now? Why does this law have to be so fucking unclear. +1 I'm so confused Can I now have an adjustable stock, flash hider, etc? That's what read somewhere - after you register your current rifle as an AW - you can put the added features on yourself - kind of makes sense - So what if i had an FN FAL sitting under my bed for the last 10 years? Could I suddenly just register that? ...I wish I had a FAL
That is a good question. There are A LOT of named guns not picked up in the 93 ban, that one would think that the state would want to capture in this registration. Like an AK-47 bought out of state in 2006 and lying under someone's bed Yeah, I wonder if they could register it or not. I also wonder what happens to people that already have DPS certificates for their registered AKs, FALs, and all that jazz? Will they have to re-register them? It would be awesome if someone that bought an out of state ak in 06 could register that puppy. I wish I had more guns No you cannot register anything that was specifically named in the previous ban unless you registered it back then. It specifies the two differently. Any other rifle can now have all the evil features as long as you owned it before the end of today. |
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So, since the new AWB repealed the old AWBs definitions of an "assault weapon" and instated the new definition; does that mean we can have an unlimited number of features on the "assault weapons" we have until Jan to register? What about people who have DPS certificates for previously declared "assault weapons" such as the AKM and FN FAL. And what if someone had an AKM and didn't register it before? Could they register it now? Why does this law have to be so fucking unclear. +1 I'm so confused Can I now have an adjustable stock, flash hider, etc? That's what read somewhere - after you register your current rifle as an AW - you can put the added features on yourself - kind of makes sense - So what if i had an FN FAL sitting under my bed for the last 10 years? Could I suddenly just register that? ...I wish I had a FAL
That is a good question. There are A LOT of named guns not picked up in the 93 ban, that one would think that the state would want to capture in this registration. Like an AK-47 bought out of state in 2006 and lying under someone's bed Yeah, I wonder if they could register it or not. I also wonder what happens to people that already have DPS certificates for their registered AKs, FALs, and all that jazz? Will they have to re-register them? It would be awesome if someone that bought an out of state ak in 06 could register that puppy. I wish I had more guns No you cannot register anything that was specifically named in the previous ban unless you registered it back then. It specifies the two differently. Any other rifle can now have all the evil features as long as you owned it before the end of today. I was going to say, you could pick up an Arsenal in NH easily and it could just become registered here. |
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Can someone just copy and paste the section of the bill that says we can do that, here for us all to read. Please. Sec. 25. Section 53-202a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): The old ban language is history. |
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The law says if it has one listed feature it must be registered, it does not limit the number of features. Exactly. It specifies what an assault weapon is, all the features and says if you own a rifle with more than one of those features it's an assault weapon and must be registered by January 1, 2014. The only thing from 1994 has to do with the "named" assault rifles. |
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Can someone just copy and paste the section of the bill that says we can do that, here for us all to read. Please. Sec. 25. Section 53-202a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): The old ban language is history. So back to my other question. Like the instance which Dan presented. So what if someone bought an AKM in 7.62x39 in 2006 out of state and brought it here. Could they register that? |
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Oh, here is the section about '93 ...
) Except as provided in section 53-202e, any person who, within this state, possesses [any] an assault weapon, except as provided in sections [29-37j,] 53-202a to 53-202k, inclusive, as amended by this act, and 53-202o, [and subsection (h) of section 53a-46a,] shall be guilty of a class D felony and shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of which one year may not be suspended or reduced [;] by the court, except that a first-time violation of this subsection shall be a class A misdemeanor if (1) the person presents proof that [he] such person lawfully possessed the assault weapon (A) prior to October 1, 1993, with respect to an assault weapon described in subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of section 53-202a, as amended by this act, or (B) on the date immediately preceding the effective date of this act, under the provisions of sections 53-202a to 53-202k, inclusive, in effect on January 1, 2013, with respect to an assault weapon described in any provision of subparagraphs (B) to (F), inclusive, of subdivision (1) of section 53-202a, as amended by this act, and (2) the person has otherwise possessed the [firearm] assault weapon in compliance with subsection [(d)] (f) of section 53-202d, as amended by this act. So, they repealed it, but refer to it as being amended here... 
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All of the references in the different sections refer to "lawful" possesion, in order to register your assault weapon. If you purchased an assault weapon out of state and brought is here anytime after the 93 ban, but prior to today, if it had more than two evil features, you would not be in "lawful" possesion of that item and not eligible for registration. I don't believe that would include pre 93 ban rifles that were purchased lawfully from a licensed dealer with the proper paperwork as that would be a "lawful" purchase. Also I think that if hypothetically, you did purchase a rifle out of state or face to face with all of the bells and whistles, that if you modified it to a post 93 ban configuraton, that it would then be "lawful" to posess and then could be registered without consequence.
Having said that, I am not a lawer and this should not be construed as legal advice. But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. 
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What about C&R rifles like the SKS and the Garands are those assault weapons now? The Garand isn't as assault weapon (even thought it was used to assault the beaches of Normandy), it only has one feature, a bayonet lug, and if you remove the bayonet lug, it has no features, it's just a semi-auto rifle with an 8 round internal magazine that cannot be removed unless the weapon is disassembled. |