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Connecticut · Through Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-571o: Definitions.

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  1. TITLE 52. CIVIL ACTIONS
  2. CHAPTER 925. STATUTORY RIGHTS OF ACTION AND DEFENSES

As used in this section and sections 52-571p and 52-571q:

(1) “Firearm industry member” means a person, firm, corporation, company, partnership, society, joint stock company, trade association, or any other entity or association engaged in the manufacture, distribution, importation, marketing, wholesale or retail sale of firearm industry products.

(2) “Firearm industry product” means any of the following which are or were (A) sold, made or distributed in this state; or (B) possessed in this state and it was known by the firearm industry member that such product would be sold, made, distributed or possessed in this state:

(i) Ammunition or a magazine as those terms are defined in section 29-38m;

(ii) A firearm as defined in section 53a-3;

(iii) An unfinished frame or lower receiver as defined in section 53-206j; or

(iv) A rate of firearm enhancement as defined in section 53-206g.

(3) “Firearm trafficker” means an individual who engages in, conspires to engage in, or attempts to engage in conduct that constitutes firearms trafficking as described in section 53-202aa or trafficking in firearms as described in 18 USC 933.

(4) “Reasonable controls” means procedures, acts and practices that are designed, implemented and enforced to do all of the following:

(A) Prevent the sale or distribution in this state of a firearm industry product to a straw purchaser, a firearm trafficker, a person prohibited from possessing a firearm under state or federal law, or a person about whom a firearm industry member has reasonable cause to believe such person is at substantial risk of using a firearm industry product to harm themself or another or of possessing or using a firearm industry product unlawfully.

(B) Ensure compliance with sections 29-28, 29-36f, 29-37p and 29-38n, as applicable.

(C) Prevent the sale or distribution in this state of a firearm industry product that is designed in a manner that is reasonably foreseeable to promote conversion of a legal firearm industry product into an illegal firearm industry product.

(D) Ensure compliance with section 52-571p.

(5) “Straw purchaser” means an individual who engages in or attempts to engage in conduct that violates subsection (a) of section 29-34, section 29-37e or 18 USC 932.

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