The State of Connecticut is now demanding that gun owners across the state turn in all newly-banned, unregistered firearms and magazines or face felony arrest.<\/p>\n
The State Police Special Licensing & Firearms Unit began mailing out notices to gun owners who attempted to register their firearms and accessories with the state but did not do so in time for the Jan. 1 deadline of Connecticut\u2019s newly enacted gun control law.<\/p>\n
The law bans the sale of magazines holding over 10 rounds and \u201cassault rifles\u201d manufactured after 1994 and requires that residents who possessed either before the ban to register them with the state.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are returning your application for [an] assault rifle certificate and\/or [a] large capacity magazine declaration because it was not received or postmarked prior to January 1, 2014 as required by law,\u201d the notice states.<\/p>\n
The letter breaks down the gun owner\u2019s \u201coptions,\u201d including surrendering their firearms and magazines to the police, selling them to a gun dealer, removing them from the state or rendering them inoperable.<\/p>\n
Because these owners attempted to register their guns and accessories, the state can now prosecute them at will because they know exactly who they are.<\/p>\n
But when it comes to the vast majority of gun owners who did not register at all, Connecticut lacks clout.<\/p>\n
Last month it was revealed that out of the over 2.4 million high-capacity magazines in Connecticut, only 38,000 have been registered.<\/p>\n