Connecticut Democrat: Ban Guns That Can Be Converted ‘Into Semi or Fully Automated Weapons’

Connecticut state Rep. Bob Godfrey (D) spoke in favor of banning firearms that are “too easily converted into semi or even fully automated weapons.”

Godfrey was defending the convertible pistol ban, aka, the Glock ban, which the Connecticut House passed on Wednesday.

CT Mirror reported that the ban “passed by a vote of 86-64, with all the House Republicans and 15 Democrats voting in opposition.”

The Mirror noted that Godfrey defended the bill as it moved through the House. He admitted that Connecticut citizens have a right to own firearms for self-defense but hedged that admission by saying the state’s legislature has the ability to define which firearms constitute “defensive weapons.”

Subsequently, Godfrey favored banning Glock, Glock-clones, and other pistols described by the Connecticut legislation as “convertible.”

Godfrey said, “We’re just saying you can’t have manufacturers of these guns bring them into the state if they’re too easily converted in semi or even fully automated weapons.”

He did not define “automated” weapons.

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