Latest Numbers For CT AW Registration

[DaBruins]

There is an article in today's Hartford Courant regarding the recent registration requirements for assault weapons. The state received approximately 50k applications, roughly 15% of the estimated number of AW's in the state. As for the high capacity magazine declarations, they received 37k applications, far short of the "estimated" 2 million hi-cap mags in the state. For clarification- a the hi-cap declaration allowed a gun owner to declare multiple magazines on a single application, so in essence 37k gun owners submitted an application. The estimate for the hi-cap mags is based on the number of rifles sold in CT from 1998 to 2013, assuming 25% of those rifles were AR's that came with 2 magazines when purchased. So, it seems the state of CT has a problem- their new gun legislation has created 10's of thousands of new felons, and they don't know how to handle the situation! They actually think the low registration numbers are due to the public not being aware of the registration deadline! It will be interesting to see how this shakes out over the coming months, especially with the governor, a staunch Obama supporter, up for re-election this fall.

 

[MagnumDweeb]

The Governor last time barely won with just less than 6,500 votes in the last election and that was before all the crazy anti-gun mess he got involved in. It's not looking good for him. The downside of it though is that there are not a lot of pro-gun candidates in CT. It's partly why I'm now at the point where its better to replace an incumbent anti with a new anti than leave an anti incumbent in place. Maybe eventually get a pro-RKBA candidate eventually rather than let an anti remain in his incumbency and gain strength and better footing.

It's going to be a hard fight in CT, almost as bad as California.

 

[BigBore44]

I'm curious what would happen if they had gotten ZERO applications.

 

[larryh1108]

If enough anti-gun candidates lose their jobs this November, including the slimy govenor, and they are replaced with candidates who may not be pro-gun but are not anti-gun (a large part of the population, IMO) then it will send a message for the 2016 elections. If the CT gun owners don't get out to vote this Nov then we'll get what we deserve. We have to show the decision makers that we've had enough of the BS and they will paid back by losing their jobs. They need a wake up call.