Weren’t these also, guns that they owned before a new law was made about registration? So first they were not illegal weapons, and now they are?
Correct. Until the law was changed, CT has a law almost identical to the Clinton “Assault Weapons” ban, i.e pistol grip and detachable magazine was legal, but add a bayonet lug and it became illegal. They simply make it one cosmetic feature and banned a bunch by name.
If you owned one before the law was passed, and registered it is apparently a safe “assault weapon.”
And yes, Mallof still claims “overwhelming public support” for this law, so much support, they used a E-Cert to ram it thru.
correct.