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Post offices closed early on Dec. 31, and some paperwork dropped off that day at post offices was postmarked after the deadline. Michael Lawlor, Malloy’s criminal justice police adviser, said the state received 226 assault weapon applications and 506 high-capacity magazine declarations after the deadline, the story said.
Malloy said a grace period was possible, but the legislature would need to change the law for the applications to be accepted.
Under the state's new gun laws enacted after the Sandy Hook Elementary School killings, residents of Connecticut must apply for assault weapons certificates and declare large capacity magazines by the deadline. The form to apply for an assault weapon certificate is separate from the large capacity magazine declaration form.
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