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How do you make illegal guns "legal?"
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Possessing more than 3 rounds of ammo is a felony in Connecticut.
I got this while doing a search on Connecticut assault rifle laws
That’s pretty much how “not” to build a CT Other.
To be legal in CT, an AR style firearm cannot be either an Armalite Rifle, an AR pistol, or an SBR. Therefore it must have features which defy the definition of all three.
It must have a barrel longer than 12” so as not to be a pistol.
It must have an overall length of greater than 26 inches so as not to be an SBR.
It must have a vertical fore grip so as not to be a pistol. It cannot have an angled fore grip.
It cannot have a butt stock so as not to be a rifle or SBR.
It can have a pistol brace, but one is not required. The pistol brace may be adjustable in length but cannot be a folding brace or stock.
If it can fire only rimfire cartridges, these restrictions don’t apply. You can have an “AR15” if it is chambered for .22LR.
This configuration navigates between State and Federal laws.
The AR15, while legal on the federal level is considered an “assault weapon” in CT. It is not legal to build or import an AR15 into CT (with specific exceptions for LEOs or Active Duty Military). Those that existed here before 2013 must be registered and require a tax stamp from the state.
A CT Other with a pistol brace doesn’t factor into ATF enforcement of pistol braces as far as whether it makes the firearm an AR Pistol or SBR, because the firearm, with or without the pistol brace, is neither.
The CT Other is the Platypus of the firearms world
That’s pretty much how “not” to build a CT Other.
To be legal in CT, an AR style firearm cannot be either an Armalite Rifle, an AR pistol, or an SBR. Therefore it must have features which defy the definition of all three.
It must have a barrel longer than 12” so as not to be a pistol.
It must have an overall length of greater than 26 inches so as not to be an SBR.
It must have a vertical fore grip so as not to be a pistol. It cannot have an angled fore grip.
It cannot have a butt stock so as not to be a rifle or SBR.
It can have a pistol brace, but one is not required. The pistol brace may be adjustable in length but cannot be a folding brace or stock.
If it can fire only rimfire cartridges, these restrictions don’t apply. You can have an “AR15” if it is chambered for .22LR.
This configuration navigates between State and Federal laws.
The AR15, while legal on the federal level is considered an “assault weapon” in CT. It is not legal to build or import an AR15 into CT (with specific exceptions for LEOs or Active Duty Military). Those that existed here before 2013 must be registered and require a tax stamp from the state.
A CT Other with a pistol brace doesn’t factor into ATF enforcement of pistol braces as far as whether it makes the firearm an AR Pistol or SBR, because the firearm, with or without the pistol brace, is neither.
The CT Other is the Platypus of the firearms world
The print version still in circulation had methods and chemical additives removed/adjusted to make a lot of this not work or at least not well....there are some of the original prints in circulation on the web as digital documents
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