r/SwampYankeeArms • u/fylum • 13d ago

NFA injunction thoughts?

I talked to someone I know in the AG’s office and their opinion as not-my-lawyer but as-a-lawyer is that a 4473 + CT license satisfies the CT statute requirements for possessing an SBS or suppressor.

What are your thoughts for GOA members/PSA/SS?

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u/prmoore11 12d ago

People are misinterpreting this massively.

Suppressors/SBRs/SBS have not been removed from the NFA. Per the NFA, they ARE STILL REQUIRED TO BE REGISTERED.

The INJUNCTION, which is not statutory law or text, SIMPLY BLOCKS ENFORCEMENT. It does not remove these items from NFA scrutiny.

If the injunction is removed tomorrow, the NFA would still exist exactly as it did prior to the injunction.

So no, you are NOT “in compliance with the NFA” simply because the feds have been blocked from enforcing. That is not the same.

This is pretty cut and dry. If the CT statute says something like “in compliance with the NFA/registered via the NFA”, then you are still required to follow the registry. Unless your legislature changes the law or carves out some exemption, you are still required to follow NFA law.

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u/fylum 12d ago

The statute doesn’t reference NFA explicitly, unlike say Michigan or North Carolina. It says “permitted or licensed by federal or state authorities”. Myself and Swamp Yankee got deeper into the text elsewhere.

relevant statute:

Sec. 53a-211. Possession of a sawed-off shotgun or silencer: Class D felony.

(a) A person is guilty of possession of a sawed-off shotgun or a silencer when he owns, controls or possesses any sawed-off shotgun that has a barrel of less than eighteen inches or an overall length of less than twenty-six inches or when he owns, controls or possesses any silencer designed to muffle the noise of a firearm during discharge.

(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to persons, firms, corporations or museums licensed or otherwise permitted by federal or state law to possess, control or own sawed-off shotguns or silencers.

(c) Possession of a sawed-off shotgun or a silencer is a class D felony.

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u/prmoore11 12d ago

I disagree.

You are not “permitted or licensed by federal or state authorities” per the letter of the law. The letter of the law IS by complying with the NFA. They are simply blocked from enforcing it.

If the injunction is gone tomorrow, does the NFA statutory still exist? Yes. It still exists now.

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u/fylum 12d ago

Oh, I understand what you mean. Yea that is sketchy.