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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-212 (2026)

Stealing a firearm: Class C felony

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(a) A person is guilty of stealing a firearm when, with intent to deprive another person of such other person's firearm or to appropriate the firearm to such person or a third party, such person wrongfully takes, obtains or withholds a firearm, as defined in subdivision (19) of section 53a-3.

(b) Stealing a firearm is a class C felony for which two years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court, and five thousand dollars of the fine imposed may not be remitted or reduced by the court unless the court states on the record its reasons for remitting or reducing such fine.

(P.A. 77-217; P.A. 13-3, S. 43.)

History: P.A. 13-3 made technical changes in Subsec. (a) and amended Subsec. (b) to change penalty from a class D felony to a class C felony and provide that 2 years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court and $5,000 of the fine imposed may not be remitted or reduced unless the court states its reasons for remitting or reducing the fine.

Cited. 189 C. 461; 190 C. 715; 196 C. 157; 197 C. 201; 198 C. 405; 199 C. 591; 241 C. 702.

Cited. 7 CA 367; 8 CA 631; Id., 667; 9 CA 349; 19 CA 48; 20 CA 521; 34 CA 751; judgment reversed, see 233 C. 211; 35 CA 740; 38 CA 481; Id., 643; Id., 750. Fact that the weapon in evidence had a pistol grip and could not be fired from the shoulder was of no consequence because it was a weapon capable of discharging a gunshot and therefore satisfied statutory definition of firearm. 99 CA 183.

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Cited in 51 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1983–2025 · leading case: State v. Carpenter, 562 A.2d 35 (Conn. App. Ct. 1989).
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State v. Carpenter, 562 A.2d 35 (Conn. App. Ct. 1989). · cites it 16× “Deli on February 25, 1986; and (6) burglary in the third degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-103, larceny in the third degree in vio *51 lation of General Statutes § 53a-124, stealing a firearm in violation of General Statutes § 53a-212, and altering or removing an…”
State v. Anonymous (83-FG), 463 A.2d 533 (Conn. 1983). · cites it 8× “The defendant was found guilty of being a youthful offender pursuant to General Statutes § 54-76g 1 upon the first count of an information charging theft of a firearm in violation of General Statutes § 53a-212 2 and also upon the second count charging *717 possession of a…”
State v. Camacho, 924 A.2d 99 (Conn. 2007). · cites it 4× “Statutes § 53a-155; 4 one count of larceny in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-122 (a) (3); 5 one count of robbery in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-134 (a) (1); 6 one count of possession of narcotics with intent to sell in…”
State v. Johnson, 751 A.2d 298 (Conn. 2000). · cites it 5× “d §§ 53a-54a (a) and (c) and 53a-54c; one count of burglary in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-101 (a) (1) and (2); 3 one count of larceny in the third degree for the taking of property with a value in excess of one thousand dollars in violation of…”
State v. Greene, 874 A.2d 750 (Conn. 2005). · cites it 4× “” General Statutes § 53a-212 (a) provides: “A person is guilty of stealing a firearm when, with intent to deprive another of his firearm orto appropriate the same to himself or a third party, he wrongfully takes, obtains or withholds a firearm, as defined in subdivision (19) of…”
State v. Heinemann, 920 A.2d 278 (Conn. 2007). · cites it 4× “…to larceny in the second degree in violation of §§ 53a-8 and 53a-123 (a) (3); stealing a firearm in violation of General Statutes § 53a-212 (a); 6 and accessory to stealing a firearm in violation of §§ 53a-8 and 53a-212 (a). Following a trial to the jury, he was convicted…”
State v. Sherman, 13 A.3d 1138 (Conn. App. Ct. 2011). · cites it 5× “to 2005) § 53a-124, carrying a pistol without a permit in violation of General Statutes § 29-35 (a), theft of a firearm in violation of General Statutes § 53a-212 and criminal possession of a firearm in violation of General Statutes § 53a-217 (a) (1).”
State v. Rhodes, 335 Conn. 226 (Conn. 2020). · cites it 2× “The jury then separately heard evidence of the defendant’s prior convictions for the sale of hallucinogens or narcotics in violation of General Statutes § 21a-277 (a) and stealing a firearm in violation of General Statutes § 53a-212, and found her guilty of criminal possession…”
State v. Johnson, 699 A.2d 57 (Conn. 1997). · cites it 4× “ny murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54c, 1 capi *705 tal felony in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54b (1), 2 burglary in the first degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-101 (a) and 53a-8, 3 larceny in the third degree in violation of General Statutes…”
State v. Beavers, 912 A.2d 1105 (Conn. App. Ct. 2007). · cites it 5× “, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of robbery in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-134 (a) (2), criminal possession of a firearm in violation of General Statutes § 53a-217 (a) (1), stealing a firearm in violation of…”
Greene v. Comm'r of Corr., 190 A.3d 851 (Conn. 2018). · cites it 2× “the petitioner guilty of manslaughter in the first degree with a firearm as an accessory in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-8 (a) and 53a-55a, conspiracy to commit manslaughter in the first degree with a firearm in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-48 (a) and 53a-55a,…”
State v. Mapp, 984 A.2d 108 (Conn. App. Ct. 2009). · cites it 4× “lic highway while his right to operate was under suspension in violation of General Statutes § 14-215; (3) carrying a pistol on his person without a permit to do so in violation of General Statutes § 29-35; (4) having a pistol in a motor vehicle without a permit in violation of…”
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— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-212(a) — 1 case
State v. Weathers, 205 A.3d 614 (Conn. App. Ct. 2019).
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