CT RAMS Through Glock Ban at 3AM?! HB5043 PASSED While You Slept…

Added: 2026-05-07

[00:00:00]All right, for many of you, you went to bed last night and Connecticut was just normal and then you woke up this morning and Glocks are now banned October 1st going forward. When did they do this? In the middle of the night while we're all sleeping, let's discuss it.

[00:00:29]All right, folks. That is right. Last night, or I should I say this morning at 3:00 a.m. is when they started discussing this bill. The general assembly ran throughout the night because today was the last day for this legislative session. Thus, they had to ramrod it through while everybody was asleep. Now, I woke up right around 5:45 this morning, and the first post I saw when I opened up my phone was from Lock and Load, and Josh put up right around 4:00 a.m. that they started discussing this bill at 3:00 a.m. and he provided a link to the CTN's uh YouTube channel.

[00:01:10]So, I obviously shared his post and I provided the link, too. And then I sat there all morning watching some of the debate go back and forth between Samson and Fazio and uh a few others. And we all knew where this was going. So without further ado, here you go. So last uh a couple of days ago, I did a emergency live where we discussed all these amendments that were put forth by the Republicans. And like I said, they all died. None of them got passed. Now, these amendments would make the bill more geared toward the criminals and not the lawabiding citizen and the FFLs.

[00:01:59]It would also make death need to actually come up with a list of guns that are banned and they have to maintain this list and update it monthly. It also removed people who were um convicted for violent gun crimes to be eligible to be released early and rehab and having their records expuned.

[00:02:22]There's a bunch of stuff in here, guys.

[00:02:24]We all discussed it. I'll link to the other video. Again, they all died. So, file number 717, which is HB543, is passed. It is out. It is done.

[00:02:36]Nothing really changed. Um, when it came out of the judiciary committee, originally it was like four pages and this morning when I pulled down the latest, it is now 29 pages because we all know they just added in a bunch of stuff.

[00:02:54]A few good things, but the overall premise of this bill is bad nonetheless.

[00:03:00]So, it's not a win even though there's one or two good items inside this particular bill. Now, we know this is going to go to Lamont and he is going to sign it. So, it's done, guys. It is done. So, we know that it's banning things that they consider a convertible pistol. No list will be generated. We have no idea what this means. It's very subjective.

[00:03:24]Good luck figuring it out.

[00:03:27]It does allow the transfer personto person nonFL for guns that were manufactured prior to October 1st of 2026.

[00:03:45]The language is very confusing when you read the bill. And down in the description below, guys, along with the merch store, I'm going to have a link to the bill, so feel free to go read it yourself. Uh, I have beat this to death in many other videos. So, you pretty much know everything that's in here. And we're about to do a two-way round table uh coming up later in the week. It's kind of an emergency just because of this. So, you're probably going to get we we did one May 1st. We released you and we're going to do another one this month. Even though we originally said we're only going to do them once a month, but this is really really a big deal. So convertible pistol means a semi-automatic pistol with a cris form trigger bar that can be readily altered by hand or with common household tools.

[00:04:28]So we know that. Okay, that's like Glocks and all that. Um, it does not include any hammer-fired semi-automatic pistol or any semi-automatic pistol with a crucifform trigger bar that has a tab or other piece of material molded to the PL a pistol's frame that shields the crucififor trigger bar from interference by a pistol converter unless the tab or other piece of material can be readily removed from the pistol's frame, which again is subjective. Now, there's plenty of people out there arguing on Reddit and some comments like a gen Gen 6 and the V series, they they they built these so they don't take the switches. We all know the V series does take switch. I did a whole video on it. It doesn't matter. Okay. Yes, Glock has put the tab in there. It's been reinforced. But this says even though that's there if it is readily removable via common household tools that include things like knives, screwdrivers, wrenches, hacksaw, crowbars, electric drills, rotary tools, hammers, chisels, file or pliers, and that's not what it's limited to. It's basically anything. Those are just some examples. Then the gun itself is still banned. Thus, October 1st going forward, those Glocks and Shadow systems and everything else that uses a crucifform trigger bar, so Glock and Glock like guns are going to be banned. They will not be able to be sold going forward.

[00:06:01]All right. Now, the secondary markets, the bill does include that the FFL cannot handle anything after October 1st. What about prior to that? Yes, we could. If I wanted to sell a Glock, this is the way it reads. Just bear with me. If I want to sell a Glock to you, I could take it to the FFL, right? They transfer it from me back into their A&D log and then back out to you.

[00:06:29]But during the debate this morning going back and forth, they asked Winfield if persontoperson transfer nonF non FFLs would still be allowed.

[00:06:43]He just said no. And then they reiterate, so the people that own these are just going to be stuck with them.

[00:06:50]And he basically said yes. So, if you have a Gen 3, four, or five, bro, I don't know. The law says it sounds like you and I can transfer them between each other, thus creating a secondary market. But the person in the Senate that's ramrodding this through, Winfield, said, "No, that is not the case." Of course, once this is signed, we're going to have to try and figure out how SLFU is going to interpret and enforce it because no FFL is going to want to deal with any Glocks at any point, whether it's Gen 3, 4,5 V, or Gen 6, because it's going to catch them a class D felony potentially.

[00:07:34]It says right here, "Any individual firm, partnership, corporation, LLC, association, or any other similar entity knowingly importing into an estate, advertising, selling, offer, or exposing for sale any convertible pistol that's divine defined in section 53202 of the general statute that was manufactured on or after October 1st of 2026 shall be guilty of a class D felony. The provisions of the section shall not apply to the sale or retail or other lawful transfer of a convertible pistol by a person who is not a licensed gun dealer to another person who is not a licensed gun dealer. Again, me to you.

[00:08:14]Okay. But we still have to go through the FFL. That is why one of the amendments was that DES would have to become an FFL themselves to facilitate this because some FFLs aren't going to deal with this. If I walk in with a Glock and I'm like, "Hey, I want to sell this to my buddy. I have a permit. He's got a permit. We're going to do the transfer."

[00:08:37]Glock does not have a born on date registry that you could just log into, plug in a serial number, and find out when it was manufactured. They just don't. You've got to email them or call them. Thus, I could see a lot of FFLs aren't going to risk it for the biscuit.

[00:08:55]Okay? as long I mean Gen 3s, fours, yeah that they'll deal with those because those are identifiable readily easily. Um but when it comes to V series Gen 6 things like that if they are still in production obviously after October 1st they might not want to deal with it but that's neither here nor there guys.

[00:09:15]I don't know. It's up to each individual FFL.

[00:09:19]All I know is going forward you're not going to be able to get them. So not to panic buy. But if you want a Glock or a Glock like handgun, now is the time to go get it. Do not delay. Prices will probably go up as supply dwindles and it's getting harder and harder to get these because everybody's clamoring for them. I know Lock and Load has a waiting list for Gen 6s. Now, there's other places out there where they've got plenty of guns available that fall into this category, such as Vantage Point and a Swamp Yankee and a few others. So, you know, you might have to shop around a little bit. Glock does have a decent selection, but when it comes to the Gen 6 itself, you know, they're getting a little hard to get and he is bugging the distributors constantly. Now, this bill also includes 80% lowers or unfinished lower receivers. So, if you wanted to purchase a 80% lower, it will basically be uh non-transferable.

[00:10:29]That's it. No person shall sell, deliver, or otherwise transfer an unfinished frame or unfinished lower receiver. Done deal. Now, a person may obtain a unique serial number or other mark of identification for an unfinished frame or unfinished low receiver pro by providing to the department of emergency services and public protection any identifying information concerning the unfinished frame or unfinished lower receiver and the owner of such firearm frame or unfinished lower receiver in a manner prescribed by the commissioner blah blah blah. So, you can still get a serial number for your unfinished lower receiver once you make it, but um you're they're not going to be able to sell like polymer 80s or anything like that anymore. Uh which I didn't think anybody did, but hey, I could be wrong. I have never seen one for sale as of recently in the state of Connecticut.

[00:11:25]And the other thing they did add in here obviously is voluntarily surrendering your guns and ammunition. So if you as an individual were to voluntarily surrender your guns, ammunition and the such to say SLFU, the Commissioner of Emergency Public Services, public protection, um you can you surrender them for no less than 14 days, so 2 weeks. Now you can request your guns back. I want to read this verbatim to you so there is no confusion. And this is the you're opting to surrender. Any individual may at any time deliver or surrender any firearm as defined in section 53A-3 of the general statute as amended by this act or ammunition in the possession of such an individual to the commissioner of emergency services and public protection for a period of not less than 14 days. So if you voluntarily surrender them, the guns are going to be locked up in gun jail for 14 days minimum.

[00:12:34]You can also give them to the local police and they may they may they may accept such a firearm or ammunition on behalf of the commissioner and the administer or local police department shall exercise due care in the receipt and holding of such firearms and ammunition.

[00:12:52]An individual who delivers or surreners a firearm or ammunition to the commissioner of emergency public services, public protection, or local police department may request the return of such a firearm or ammunition on or after the 15th day after the date of such delivery or surrender and no later than 2 years after that date.

[00:13:16]Such request shall include a completed and signed form promulgated pursuant to subsection blah blah blah. No later than 5 days after receiving the request pursuant to the subsection, the commissioner or local police department shall review the request and make available for retrieval any firearm or ammunition to such individual provided the commission local police department confirms such an individual submitted and signed form required pursuit to the subsection of this section is not otherwise disqualified from possessing such firearm or ammunition and was legally entitled to possess such a firearm or ammunition at the time of delivery or surrender to the commissioner or your local police department. So there you go. They have to store them for 2 years. All right.

[00:14:03]And of course money back for permits. So they're adding in basically that if you apply, this is all October 1st, guys. If you apply for your Connecticut state permit at your local PD level and they fail to provide you with a temporary permit or denial letter within the allotted 8 weeks, state law says you can request your $70 back. That's it. Just $70. You're going to pay a lot more than that. And one of the one of the amendments was that you would get all your money back, but nope. It's only going to be $70 and your local PD must keep moving forward with your temporary permit or whatever it is, denial letter, etc. Even though you got your money back, they need to continue the process and eventually give it to you or deny you uh whatever is going to happen. So, that's it. And of course, all the rest of the stuff is the summaries and all that good stuff. So, guys, it's a done deal.

[00:15:06]We're going to be doing a full 2-way round table on this coming up later in the week. But, yep, there you go. Moving forward, October 1st and beyond.

[00:15:15]Anything with a crucifiform trigger bar that is readily convertible by hand or h common household tools, which are all subjective, uh, will be banned for sale by your FFL because it will be a class D felony.

[00:15:33]Again, if you made it this far, there might be a secondary market for gen 3, fours, f 5s, and v series, and gen sixes that exist right now in the system where we'll be able to buy and trade uh in between ourselves. But again, the only provision this is allotting is a nonfl to nonFL transfer, which we all know in Connecticut we can't do without the FFL.

[00:15:59]So we don't know what it really means and we have to figure it out in the end how SLFU is going to interpret it. And again like I always say they never explain it to us. So we are probably going to start asking lawyers what does this mean? How can we you know work within the law and still do these transfers or they might just recommend I wouldn't touch them with a 10-ft pole.

[00:16:25]Again, this is what the law says. But during the oral back and forth today, this morning at like 6:00 a.m. this question was asked and they said no, it would not be able to be transferred. If you own it, you're stuck with it and that's the end of it.

[00:16:46]So, God only knows because honestly, if you watched the back and forth, they had no idea. When Winfeld was asked the question, what exactly are we banning?

[00:16:58]And he kept calling it crucifiform sugar. He admitted he really didn't know. He was unsure of what it really was uh going forward. Um and that was the end of it. And so, there you go, guys. They got laws, they're pushing through, and they're passing. and none of them know what the hell it is. Now, on the Republican side, they kind of knew because they pay attention to stuff like this. I know Fazio and Samson brought up very good points, points that you've heard here and on the Lock and Load podcast.

[00:17:33]They pay attention, guys. They listen to what we have to say. But unfortunately, they're in the minority. And it really doesn't matter what they bring up with all the amendments or their common sense. Stuff like this is going to get ramroded through. And like Samson said and Fazio, you know, the state of Connecticut is super excited every year when they have gun day where they pass all the gun laws that curb your and my ability to own certain things. They say they're common sense and they're designed to help stop crime. But Samson brought this up blatantly. He said, "This law is only going to hurt the law abiding. It is going to do nothing to stop the criminals out there." And the other side was well quiet. And if you're curious how busy it was, I'm going to, if you made it this far, I'm going to post a photo right over my shoulder, right? Like right here, and you're going to see how empty the Senate was. There was like a handful of people in there discussing this. All right, guys. We all knew this was coming and uh it's not a surprise, but it was a surprise they did it at 300 a.m. when everybody was asleep and ram rotted it through first thing this morning, thus solidifying the fact that Connecticut is anti-2A and they're out to get you and me and they don't give a [ __ ] about our rights. But they do like the criminal element because a lot of those amendments were designed to make this law painful for criminals and they were all shot down because it's not the criminals they care about. They care about making your life a living hell.

[00:19:10]All right, guys. That's all I have for you guys in this video. Get down in the comments section. Let me know what you think. Do you think this is absolute BS, which I know you all do? Do you think that uh there's any chance the Supreme Court might step in and put the kibash on all of this like they just did with Denver? Or do you think this is just going to be the law of the land for the next couple of years until all these lawsuits slowly work their way through the legal system ultimately being found unconstitutional that's at the Supreme Court still leans to our side and not the other side and not a cowardous bunch of people that won't take up any 2A bills. Guys, let me know what you think.

[00:19:54]That's all I got for you guys. I will see all of you in the next video.

[00:19:57]Remember, the world is a wild and crazy place.