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General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 6215

 

January Session, 2013

 

LCO No. 1813

   

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. MUSHINSKY, 85th Dist.

 

AN ACT LIMITING THE POSSESSION OF ASSAULT WEAPONS AND HIGH CAPACITY MAGAZINES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to limit ownership of automatic and semiautomatic assault weapons and high capacity magazines to sworn members of the Division of State Police or an organized local police department, active members of the armed forces and members of a shooting club that agrees to monitor its members' use of assault weapons and magazines.

Statement of Purpose:

To protect the public safety by limiting the possession of high capacity assault weapons and ammunition to police, members of the armed forces, and residents who belong to a shooting club that agrees to monitor its members' use of assault weapons and magazines.