“Though a state felony conviction in CT becomes a felony in every state where legally possessing a firearm is concerned.”
Exactly so. Federal law (the ‘68 GCA) states that a person is not permitted to purchase or possess a firearm if they have been convicted of a felony anywhere. A “felony” is a crime punishable by more than 365 days in jail, regardless of whether one is sentenced to the full term or actually serves even 1 second in jail. Note that this also includes felonies in foreign countries - there’s a US Supreme Court case in which the ruling disallowed the 2nd Amendment rights of a guy who crossed into Mexico with empty shell casings of “impermissible” rounds (i.e. 9mm), since the crime in Mexico had a penalty of more than a year.
Note, folks, that there are over 10,000 felonies on the books - they mean to take your gun and voting rights away if you resist the regime (state or federal) in any way.
Paging Claire Wolfe: is it time yet?
Let’s not forget misdemeanor convictions of ‘domestic violence’ that are so often charged against some poor jerk by a wife who needs to make a divorce case stick (not saying there aren’t abusively violent spouses of either gender who actually pummel their significant others)