CT man arrested for unregistered AR, hi-cap magazines
http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20140416/milford-man-who-shot-squirrel-had-unregistered-assault-rifle-large-capacity-magazines-cops-say
MILFORD >> A 65-year-old man faces an array of charges after shooting a squirrel in his yard Monday morning, police said in a press release. James Toigo, 258 Housatonic Dr., was charged with unlawful discharge of a firearm, cruelty to an animal, first-degree reckless endangerment, second-degree breach of peace, failure to register an assault rifle and three counts of possessing large-capacity magazines, according to a police press release from Officer Jeffrey Nielsen.
Police officers were directing traffic in the area of Housatonic Drive when they heard a gunshot nearby, according to the release. Upon investigation, Toigo was taken into custody after police said he shot the squirrel. Police said they also found an unregistered assault rifle, as well as three large-capacity magazines, in Toigo’s home. Both the firearms and the magazines were taken, the release said.
Nielsen said the assault riffle was not the gun Toigo shot the squirrel with. “As the investigation progressed the officers seized several firearms from the home for safe keeping,” Nielsen said. “That included the assault riffle and the three high capacity magazine he did not have registered.”
Nielson said he believes the majority of the seized firearms were registered. Those weapons will remain in police custody until Toigo’s case is heard, Nielson said. Depending on the outcome, Toigo will need to petition the police department to have his guns returned.
(Excerpt, remainder of article at link)
This may be the first instance of an arrest in Connecticut for failure to comply with the state’s new registration law, so I would expect the state to throw the book at him. As for the tens of thousands of CT residents who are now newly-minted felons due to this law, they haven't made themselves quite so...obvious, due to their lack of conspicuous antipathy towards small furry creatures. Their fate remains to be determined.
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