Posted on 01/24/2014 4:52:29 PM PST by Mechanicos
Governor Dannel Malloy and the government of the state of Connecticut are having their own “Oh, poop” moment, now that they’ve tallied the number of citizens who have registered their “assault weapons” and “high capacity magazines” required by the state’s unconstitutional gun laws, compared that to the estimated number of applicable weapons and magazines in the state, and realize they’ve been ignored.
Historically speaking, 90-percent or more of those required to comply with gun registration laws in the U.S. refuse to do so, and there is no reason to suspect that this registration attempt in Connecticut is any different. I’ve seen estimates of 1,000,000 firearm magazines that should have been registered under the law, but the state reports registering only 40,000… just 4 percent.
Against this backdrop of failure, the anti-gun government of Connecticut is contemplating an “amnesty” to encourage those who haven’t registered to do so, and the local media is more than willing to do their part in the spin game:
" Amid concerns about gun owners who failed in their last-minute attempts to register now-illegal assault weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines, lawmakers are considering granting an amnesty period for people who missed the registration deadline.
The comprehensive gun-control bill enacted last spring required owners of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines to register the guns and declare ownership of the magazine if they wished to keep them.
About 50,000 assault weapons were registered last year, and close to 40,000 people declared possession of magazines – many of them doing so during the final days of December. But legislative leaders in recent weeks have raised concerns with the governor’s office that some individuals who attempted to register their weapons were prevented from doing so as a result of early post office closings on New Year’s Eve."
There were a number of craven souls that did line up in the last few days of December to register their arms and magazines, but that is not the reason that Connecticut’s government is spurred to call for amnesty.
They’re calling for an amnesty period because their internal estimates likely show that their attempt to browbeat the citizenry into registering their arms for future confiscation has been a abject failure, and they are desperate to do anything they can do to encourage compliance now that their threats have failed.
You spelled "enslave" incorrectly! ;)
>> You spelled “enslave” incorrectly!
My bad. I was trying to sneak that one by. :-)
I’ll have you know, it was warmer in northern Alberta than in Texas this morning:)
Alberta bound, Alberta bound —
It’s good to be Alberta bound!
Al-ber-ta bound, Alberta bound;
It’s good to be Alberta bound.
Yes I froze my tender parts off here in Central Texas today. But only for a short while, eh? A few months from now it’ll be HOT.
God bless you, and FRegards
Well, in a few months when it’s hot, perhaps I’ll come for a visit to your great state.
That’s a good country song by the way:)
God bless you as well, and may he grant us the courage to do what’s right.
Love to be at Lake Louise this time of year.
>> may [GOD] grant us the courage to do what’s right.
Amen, brother — for as long as we draw breath down here on His earth.
And thanks be to GOD and Canada for Gordon Lightfoot! My all-time favorite poet and singer.
>> Love to be at Lake Louise this time of year.
If you ski, maybe so. If you hike, maybe later. :-)
Have you hiked up to the Plain of Six Glaciers? It’s awesome. Maybe not in January though.
-— Historically speaking, 90-percent or more of those required to comply with gun registration laws in the U.S. refuse to do so,...-—
Apparently, those who know, know. It’s good to know that there are so many.
Vanish nothing. They need to be made public examples of.
Tar, Rope, Feathers. Apply liberally.
Beautiful to see free men in action. (Or in this case, inaction.)
I would check all the lakes in the state.
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Indeed it is. It's a violation of both the US and Connecticut constitutions.
CT Constitutional Provision enacted in 1818, copied from Mississippi provision of 1817 :
Every citizen has a right to bear arms in defense of himself and the state. Art. I, § 15
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