Here is an interesting interactive article from the New York Times about what it takes to buy a rifle in Connecticut without having a background check, and how to get ammunition for it.
Connecticut?s Rules for Purchasing This Gun - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com
On NPR's Dianne Rehm Show this morning, the point was made that for any gun control laws to be effective, they must be made at the federal level so that they apply to all states across the board. As it stands now, for instance, if someone is living in a state with very strict gun laws, they simply need to get online or cross state borders to a state with a more lax set of laws.