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God CT makes me want to hit myself in the head with a ball peen hammer. Short of and armored vehical wtf is going to stop a reg .50 bmg anyway let along AP lol?
Logic isn't the point.
The law that was passed in 2001 was an agreed compromise in order for us to keep post ban clones and high cap mags. It was the only way, at the eleventh hour to protect it. I agree it's usually bad form to concede to the legislature, but sometimes we have to pick our battles and they have the votes.
Without the compromise (and no, I am not defending or advocating compromise, but unfortunately in politics you sometimes MUST) - we WOULD HAVE a California Part 2 Assault Weapons ban - meaning- all mags limited to ten rounds; a class D felony to sell, expose for sale, offer for sale any mags over ten rounds for ANY firearm; the "list" would have been expanded to include ALL AR clones of ANY and ALL manufacturers, configurations, etc. plus the additional bans of the M-1A, Ruger Mini-14 & 30 (all models); the M-1 Carbine; AL FAL clones, ALL HK clones, etc. and semi auto shotguns added to the list including Benellis, Berettas
and Remington 1100s
So, at the "eleventh hour" "we" (meaning the NRA and the Coalition of Conn. Sportsmen-not me personally) conceded to the legislature to allow them to PASS the "2001 Firearms Safety Initiative" which is what kept all the post ban features in place today, in CT along with the ban on .50 BMG ammo having an AP and/or Incendiary component. - which they would have passed ANYWAY without the compromise. So, it stunk, but it was less stinky than having a CA Part 2 ban, no AR-anythings for sale and ten round mags for ALL firearms and no M-1As, carbines, autoloading shotguns, Minis, etc.
So, here we are, today. Remember when you take your favorite post ban clone to the range with a high cap mag, you just can't buy any .50 BMG AP/I ammo in CT. We sacrified .50 BMG AP ammo in order to allow them to pass an otherwise "toothless" paper victory while simultaneously scrapping the expanded list, kept high cap mags and made permanent the "evil features" ban in CT