2025 Legal Guide to Selling a Gun in Connecticut (CT)

What Are the Restrictions on Assault Weapons in Connecticut?

Law enforcement and military personnel may possess Assault Weapons in connection with their official duties, and any person who has a Certificate of Possession issued by the Special Licensing and Firearms Unit may possess the Assault Weapon listed on their certificate.

Sworn members may purchase Assault Weapons in connection with their official duties, but must obtain a letter from the Commissioner, or authority authorizing the purchase stating that the sworn member, officer, inspector or constable will use the assault weapon in the discharge of officials duties and that a records check indicates that the sworn member, inspector, officer or constable has not been convicted of a crime of family violence.

Connecticut Firearm Ownership Prohibitors

In Connecticut there are also certain conditions that prevent you from owning a firearm.

1. 1. 1. No person convicted for a Felony or a Misdemeanor crime of domestic violence involving the use or threatened use of physical force or a deadly weapon may possess any firearms in Connecticut.
      2. No person may obtain a Pistol Permit, Eligibility Certificate, or possess a handgun if they are less than 21 years of age, subject to a Protective or Restraining Order, or if they have been convicted of a felony, or convicted in Connecticut for any of the following misdemeanors after October 1, 1994.
         • Illegal possession of narcotics or other controlled substances – 21a-279(c)
         • Criminally negligent homicide – 53a-58
         • Assault in the third degree – 53a-61
         • Assault of a victim 60 or older in the third degree – 53a-61a
         • Threatening – 53a-62
         • Reckless endangerment in the first degree – 53a-63
         • Unlawful restraint in the second degree – 53a-96
         • Riot in the first degree – 53a-175
         • Riot in the second degree – 53a-176
         • Inciting to riot – 53a-178
         • Stalking in the second degree – 53a-181d

FEDERAL DISQUALIFICATION CATEGORIES

• Conviction (felony or misdemeanor) where the crime has a maximum imprisonment term exceeding 1 year (even if a buyer did not receive actual imprisonment exceeding 1 year).
• Warrant (felony or out-of-state misdemeanor).
• Felony pre-trial release.
• Misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence restraining/stalking/protection order mental health adjudication or commitment.
• Unlawful use or addicted to a controlled substance (including marijuana).
• Dishonorable discharge from the armed forces.
• Renounced U.S. citizenship.
• Illegal alien.

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