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Originally Posted by soundmotor
An interesting side note on New England. MA & NH are Class lll states. You can (and people do) get full-auto weapons if your chief will sign off on them. Oddly silencers are specifically prohibited in MA which is really crazy as there are many farms close to residential areas and that is one place they have a perfect application, coyote, raccoon or fox dispatch. Also, if you have your CCW for MA, you can get one that is valid in NH too. As stated you don't need one for VT. I am not sure about RI & ME but never hear anyone complaining about them. I don't know about CT firsthand.
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CT is a funny state when it comes to guns. You can have full-auto Title II guns, but only machine guns, not select fire. We have an AWB, but exactly what's covered changes from time to time, or if the commissioner of public safety has a mood swing. My favorite example is the "Automat Kalashnikov AK-47," banned under the state AWB. First, anything that was stamped "AK-47" was banned, then it was everything based on a Kalashnikov action (including Saigas,) and now, it's anything AK-based that's chambered in 7.62x39 or qualifies as a "semiautomatic assault weapon" under the feature list. Because of this, it's possible to legally purchase a WASR-2 (AK-74 clone,) but I've only found one dealer in the state who sells them, and he can only get them from one supplier (the rest are afraid that the Commissioner of Public Safety will get mad and prosecute them if he didn't get laid last night,) meaning It's $400 plus tax for a no-frills WASR-2. It also doesn't help that dealers take advice on state laws from the BATFE instead of state officials.
As far as concealed carry goes, we're officially shall-issue, but depending on the town, it's really more may-issue. If you apply for an out-of-state permit, send your papers to Westport, because the chief of police there will sign off, no questions asked.