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Persons moving into Connecticut with assault weapons (manufactured after September 13, 1994) must—within 90 days of arrival in the state—either surrender the weapons to the State Police or local police, transfer them to a licensed gun dealer or otherwise sell or transfer the weapons to a recipient outside of Connecticut.
Gun laws in the United States regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition.State laws (and the laws of the District of Columbia and of the U.S. territories) vary considerably, and are independent of existing federal firearms laws, although they are sometimes broader or more limited in scope than the federal laws.
Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act; Other short titles: Child Safety Lock Act of 2005: Long title: An Act to prohibit civil liability actions from being brought or continued against manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers of firearms or ammunition for damages, injunctive or other relief resulting from the misuse of their products by others.
A man arrested on firearms charges in Pennsylvania was later charged in New York with murder in the killing ... Investigators had visited gun dealers in Connecticut looking for where it may have ...
Bullets that an unidentified gunman used to shoot and ... the suspect used a B&T Station SIX gun to carry out the shooting. Investigators have been visiting gun dealers in Connecticut looking for ...
In 1993, Congress enacted the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, amending the Gun Control Act of 1968."The Brady Law", which went into effect in 1994, instituted federal background checks on all firearm purchasers who buy from a dealer who has a federal firearms license (FFL).
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The state of Connecticut has a long history in the manufacture of guns, going back to Eli Whitney and Samuel Colt.Since 2000, as the national interest in hunting has declined according to one report, gun manufacturers have increasingly relied on the sale of high-powered semi-automatic rifles.