{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-16a","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-16a","heading":"Affirmative defense in certain situations involving firearms; exceptions.","body":"In any prosecution for an offense under section 53a-55a, 53a-56a, 53a-60a, 53a-92a, 53a-94a, 53a-102a or 53a-103a, it shall be an affirmative defense that the pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun or other firearm was not a weapon from which a shot could be discharged, but it shall not be an affirmative defense to any prosecution under section 53a-55, 53a-56, 53a-60, 53a-92, 53a-94, 53a-102 or 53a-103.","path":["TITLE 53a. PENAL CODE","CHAPTER 951*. PENAL CODE: STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION; PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_951.htm#sec_53a-16a","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:19Z","sha256":"f88d15185e48d7c903f8cddfe20ace30a4cac11c88d9eecd5bffa1e564bb37c8","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-16","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-16b"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}