Connecticut regulations allow police, after investigating and establishing a probable reason, to obtain a court order and confiscate the guns of anyone who poses an immediate risk of injury or anyone else. [18] A judge must hold a hearing within 14 days of the seizure and order the police to keep or return the weapons for up to one year. The judge (1) must consider recent acts of violence, threats or cruelty to animals when assessing the probable cause, and (2) consider factors such as reckless use or exposure of firearms, violent threats, alcohol abuse, illicit drug use and previous involuntary psychiatric detention when assessing the immediate risk. [19] Connecticut`s Firearms Seizure Act does not require that the person be compensated by authorities if weapons are seized permanently, as the action for seizure falls under an “enforcement measure” (and thus civil forfeiture) and not a “seizure of property in the public interest,” which makes the seizure outside the scope of the Withdrawal Clause of the Fifth Amendment of the United Nations Constitution. States that require fair compensation for confiscated property. Currently, only three other states (California, New York, and Indiana) have gun seizure laws similar to those in Connecticut. For offensive weapons prohibited under the expanded definition of the Prevention of Armed Violence and Child Safety Act with effect from 18 June 2013, any person appointed on or after 4 April 2013, but before 18 April 2013, may be prohibited. June 2013, legally possessed one of the newly prohibited weapons and is entitled to a certificate of possession, continues to possess the weapon by applying for such a certificate from the Ministry of Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP) by January 1. 2014.16 A member of the U.S.
Army who cannot apply before January 1, 2014 because he or she is not on official duty has 90 days to apply for a certificate upon return to Connecticut.17 The certificate must include a description of the firearm that uniquely identifies it, including all identifying marks, the owner`s full name, address, date of birth and fingerprints, and any other information desspp deems appropriate.18 Connecticut residents receive a “permit to transport pistols and revolvers,” which allows open and concealed transportation and is valid throughout the country. [11] Although open wearing is not limited by state laws, the OPE suggests that “every effort should be made to ensure that no weapon is exposed to vision or carried in a manner that tends to alarm those who see it.” [12] Licensed residents who were open were investigated or summoned by police for breach of the peace, although prosecutors generally dismissed these charges after the accused appeared in court. In February 2016, the Attorney General issued a memo to police stating that carrying a firearm openly is not in itself a violation of the Peacebreaker Act. The state prosecutor made a comparison with driving a motor vehicle that requires another offense to open an investigation or require the citizen to present a license/license. [13] Connecticut allows all NFA firearms except selective machine guns; However, weapons of this type that existed in Connecticut before the ban are grandfathered. Selective fire means that a machine gun can fire semi-automatically or fully automatically. Machine guns that can only fire fully automatically are legal in Connecticut if they belonged before April 4, 2013 and registered no later than January 1, 2014. Centurion 39 AK; Draco AK-47; UNHCR AK-47; IO Inc. Hellpup AK-47; Mini-Draco AK-47; Cancer Krink; American Spirit AR-15; Bushmaster Carbon 15; Doublestar Corporation AR; DPMS AR-15; Olympic weapons AR-15; Rock River Arms LAR 15; Calico Liberty III and III tactical pistols; Masterpiece Arms MPA pistols and Velocity Arms VMA pistols; Intratec TEC-DC9 and AB-10; Colefire Magnum; German firearms Sport 522 PK and Chiappa Mfour-22; DSA SA58 PKP FAL; I.O. Inc.PPS-43C; Pistol Kel-Tec PLR-16; Sig Sauer P516 and P556 pistols; and Thompson TA5 pistols.13 An assault weapon defined by Connecticut General Statutes ยง 53-202a (a) (3) and (4) (an assault weapon defined by criteria and not by a specific name) is exempt from state transfer restrictions and registration requirements if it was legally manufactured before September 13, 1994.30 I am in the process of obtaining my firearms license and would like to take immediate advantage of the new situation lower, when I get my approval.