ejewels,
You are kind of screwed. Its crazy, the fact that a standard semi-auto with a threaded bbl became an assault weapon slipped by a lot of people. I registered several glocks and every 1911 that I own. There was no reason not to. I have barrels that could be used in all of them.
The state already knows I have them, since they were purchased from dealers and a CT DPS-3 was completed with each purchase.
I was able to confirm this by checking the serial number against the CT Cary database we got from a FOIA request from the state. You plug your serial number in and it tells you if its in the registry, along with the town of the owner. These guns all came up so there was no down side to registering them all for use with silencers.
By the way, here's the link:
http://ctcarry.com/WeaponsRegistry/Search
(you have to join to use the link)
Do you have any guns that you might have lawfully owned in another state that you could bring here? (don't answer that)
The alternative is to buy a barrel and only put it in the gun when you are actually shooting the can. Yes, you will be breaking the law when the barrel is in the gun, but otherwise you will be in compliance.
This came up in a question I had with from the DESPP. I told him I intended to register my Glocks as AWs, several of which I carried daily on my person loaded. The law says an AW can only be transported unloaded. So I wanted to know the DESPP's opinion if a registered gun was considered an AW when it was not in an AW configuration (with the non-threaded glock bbl on it). He said it was fine to carry as long as the threaded barrel was not in the gun.
I used to never mention things like this, but when those asshats in Hartford pass useless laws that do nothing but infringe on otherwise lawful gun owners. I'm definitely not advocating you break the law. But I at least want you to know how to mitigate your risks if you choose to do so.
If you are serious about fitting the Ti-Rant and doing it legally, send me a PM. I have an idea and a friend. The idea is to thread something other than the barrel. For example, on a 1911, you could come up with a threaded, extended barrel bushing. Once you had that, you would need a custom end cap for the silencer to fit the larger thread diameter of the bushing. This is where my friend who was one of the partners in SWR comes into play. He could point you in the right direction to get all this made.
If you are willing to spend the money, I'm confident we could get this made in a way that keeps you legal. But ultimately you have to weigh it against the other options, which are to never use a silencer again on a handgun in CT, or to do it illegally.
Don
p.s. to illustrate the absurdity of it all, the Ruger 22/45 Lite is now an assault weapon per CGS. The 22/45 lite, fitted with a small 3 oz silencer is the BEST gun for instructing new shooters I've ever used. It has no recoil. It is hearing safe, so you can instruct the shooter without hearing protection. This means they can hear your instructions more easily, you don't have to yell. Its great. And yes, I registered it.
