How Will They Confiscate Your Guns?
by John A. Sutter
in California
For decades I have heard gun owners claim that the government would never be able to confiscate our firearms because the government would lose too many men. The implication being, of course, that gun owners would actively resist confiscation, even to the point of shooting back. But I believe this thinking is outdated and doesnt align very well with reality. But before you tell me how big your honor guard in Hell will be when that day comes, lets think about how the government could really do it.
Suppose, for the sake of argument, the government bans all civilian possession of firearms at the end of this month. Congress passes a total ban and the President cuts his own re-election throat by signing it. Gun owners get some grace period to turn them in, even beyond the deadline, without being charged with a crime. If we use Australia and Britain as examples there will still be a significant number of firearms that are not turned in. Some estimates put the Australian turn-in at less than 25% and the British faired only about 28%. But Australians and the British have long been used to obeying almost every gun control law. Not so the Americans. When laws are passed that we dont like, we bite. We scratch. We vote. So here we sit after the guns have been collected and the amnesties have run out. Now what? .
Read at:
http://www.keepandbeararms.com/newsarchives/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=327
If this happened, the “grace period” would be a very violent time.
Just a few days ago there was a gun show in Albany, New York (of all places).
The state police were at the entrance to the show. In order to get in folks had to produce ID (driver’s license), which the police took and scanned, then returned to the individual. Just to get in.
Now — what are they going to do with that information that they’re collecting?