Connecticut: Democrat-Controlled House Votes to Add Grandfathered Guns to ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban

Connecticut’s Democrat-run House voted Thursday to expand the state’s “assault weapons” ban to include firearms that were exempted when the ban was originally passed.

The CT Mirror noted that Connecticut’s General Assembly has passed two “assault weapons” bans, and each time, the bans had a grandfather clause, allowing those who already owned the banned firearms to keep them.

On December 11, 2022, Breitbart News reported that Gov. Ned Lamont (D) pushed an expansion of the current ban to eliminate the grandfather clause exempting firearms that Democrats defined as “assault weapons”

Lamont said, “(AR-15s) should not be allowed in the state of Connecticut. I think they’re killers … I think they’re incredibly dangerous in our community. You’re not serious about crime if you leave them on the street.”

The Connecticut House has now taken the path put forward by Lamont. The CT News Junkie pointed out that owners of the previously exempted firearms “will have until next May to register them with the state” if the legislation passes the Senate.

The gun controls passed by the House also remove exemptions for firearms that Democrats describe as “ghost guns,” guns that can be assembled at home and do not have serial numbers, requiring all such firearms to be registered, even those previously grandfathered.

The Associated Press explained that the gun controls also ban the open carry of firearms in the state.