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Originally Posted by Broadsword2004
There's no going back now for all of those people either, as now if you change your mind and decide to register, you will be busted. I hope the Connecticut state government has no way to trace ownership of those rifles.
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I think you are wrong. Unless each weapon was registered to a specific owner and previously required notification of ownership changes, the only way to find these weapons is a 4473 search of the original purchasers, which would require Federal assistance and IMHO, should be illegal. All the owner has to say is that he has disposed of the weapon(s) and no longer owns them.
They will offer several amnesty periods and make dire threats, much as the Canadian government did. Our own government did this with Class 3 items.
In the end, most owners will choose not to register them, as this is clearly an infringement on their Second Amendment rights. The owners problem will be that the weapon will only be secure from legal attention as long as it is kept out of sight. No more range days, gun shows, etc. Even driving around in the car with it will be risky. And disgruntled spouses and ex-spouses have a new, very heavy weapon of their own.
But the state has now created, overnight, tens of thousands of well-armed felons.
TR