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CT Legislature May Consider Gun Registration Amnesty
Amid concerns about gun owners who failed in their last-minute attempts to register now-illegal assault weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines, lawmakers are considering granting an amnesty period for people who missed the registration deadline.
Is that before or after it goes to the Supreme Court?
About 50,000 assault weapons were registered last year, and close to 40,000 people declared possession of magazines -- many of them doing so during the final days of December. But legislative leaders in recent weeks have raised concerns with the governor's office that some individuals who attempted to register their weapons were prevented from doing so as a result of early post office closings on New Year's Eve.

The governor's office responded Tuesday with a letter to legislative leaders in which they maintained the law prevents them from processing the late applications.

"We said, well, it's too late," said Michael Lawlor, Under Secretary for Criminal Justice and Policy Planning for Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.

Lawlor's letter to legislators included guidelines for individuals whose late registrations were not processed: they can render the firearm or magazine inoperable, sell it to a licensed gun dealer, remove it from the state, or turn it over to law enforcement. Lawlor said the General Assembly must pass new legislation if the late applications are to be processed.
Posted by: Pappy 2014-01-28
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=384439