Essential Liberty: They Came for Your Guns

PJ Media ^ | 6/13/2013 | Howard Nemerov

[rktman]

What if the federal government decided to confiscate all civilian firearms? Would you surrender your guns? Would your friends and neighbors turn you in? Do enough Americans remain who are willing to risk their lives resisting disarmament? Would the military support the government, or the people, or both?

What if the Supreme Court rules disarmament is constitutional? Would sheriffs who previously swore to resist unconstitutional firearms laws decide to support disarmament after such a ruling?

[rktman]

Dang boating accident. Gee, I wonder if maybe that is why "they" want all private transfers to be required to pass through an FFL licensed dealer. Kind of like they are/were trying to do in NV with SB221. Even loaning a gun to someone to go hunting would have been required to have a BGC done. WHAT? Yup. Sandoval still saying he'll veto the bill. Time's runnin' out.

[Uncle Miltie]

I’d start shooting anyone in a position of authority.

Game frickin’ on.

[Uncle Miltie]

In such a scenario, I hope no public servant could return to their home at night safely.

[OneWingedShark]

What if the Supreme Court rules disarmament is constitutional?

Then their term of service, which is life, is over.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

When they kick in your front door
How you gonna come
With your hands on your head
Or on the trigger of your gun...

[Uncle Miltie]

[Pollster1]

I do not consider it prudent to discuss individual responses to this hypothetical in a public forum. It is obvious where the Constitution stands on disarming law-abiding citizens. It is obvious what the oath many of us took to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same" means in the event of such an attempt by our country's domestic enemies. It is obvious what the appropriate response is.

Personally, I would write a strongly worded letter to the editor, if free speech is still permitted, and hope the editor would publish my letter if freedom of the press is still permitted. I would pray for our country's leaders to find their way back to following God's will that we be free, if the free exercise of religion is still permitted. There is so much I would do, much of it formerly protected by the Bill of Rights, if those actions are still permitted to a disarmed populace by our ruling class.

[CottShop]

just check all the other coutnries that outlawed guns to find your answer- soem were free-ish countries to start, now soem you can’t even carry a pocket knife without the proper paperwork to carry-

The peopel there too said “No way- not gonna happen on my watch- just let them try to confiscate’

Peopel in NY said “No way- not gonna happen on my watch- just let them try to confiscate’

Peopel in Connecticut said “No way- not gonna happen on my watch- just let them try to confiscate’

Peopel in Colorado said “No way- not gonna happen on my watch- just let them try to confiscate’

Lots of people saying “No way- not gonna happen on my watch- just let them try to confiscate’- and yet they fall in line and comply when hte law finally goes htrough

Right now they aren’t goign as far as actual complete confiscaqtion- buit they ARE makign it nearly impossible to comply with certain laws and outright banning many types of guins and clips- and yetthe peopel ALLOW it to happen-

What will happen when they outlaw ghuns? The peopel will comply just like all the other countries have, just like several states have when their govenrment violated their inalienable rights- You’ll see a lot of folks claim they won’t allow it- but many in NY said the same damn thing- they DID allow it by complying- Haven’t seen a single case yet where a homeowner resisted with violence like so many claiemd they would-

[Renegade]

I would hope they would not have a home to return to!

[Pollster1]

You’ll see a lot of folks claim they won’t allow it- but many in NY said the same damn thing- they DID allow it by complying- Haven’t seen a single case yet where a homeowner resisted with violence like so many claiemd they would

I have seen a whole lot of NY residents moving to TX. I personally know more than one who are not complying - and may be persecuted/prosecuted for it. NY is not going door to door confiscating guns, yet, so I wouldn't dismiss their citizens as casually as you did.

[Dead Corpse]

You take the ones on the Left, I’ll get the ones on the Right. No poaching...

[Blood of Tyrants]

If they came door to door, it would be a bloodbath. More likely they will stake out your home and wait until no one is at home and then just bust the door down and steal them. At that point you had better have a cached weapon and ammo and begin your one man patriot campaign.

[Dead Corpse]

If they come to my door, more than likely there will be no one home. Depends on how much of the collective kurfluffle makes it out on the wire and if I can get into the wind fast enough...

Hunting season. No bag limit.

[CottShop]

[[What if the Supreme Court rules disarmament is constitutional?]]

WhaT if the supreme court rules that a woman is legally able to murder a child? What if the supreme court rules that govenrment officials can’t mention God or display their support for a religion? what if the supreme court rules that the govnerment is alklowed to shove an UNCONSTUITUTIONAL law down your throats?

What will happpen? Nothing- pweopel will comply- there may be soem small groupd or pockets of resistance, but it will be quickly put down and the resistors will be made to look like terrorists, and there simpyl will not be a large enough nor effective enough organization to resist

The NRA has allowed one unconstitutional law after anotehr to go through- even signign onto many of the bills as a ‘compromise’ (more liek a capitulation)- and did nothign serious abotu stopping NY’s tyranical confiscation of guns, nor in Mass, nor in Connecticut except run a few ads, launch a couple of half-hearted lawsuits-

I’ts now bewyond lawsuit time- but the NRA won’t risk their salaries organizing their millions of members to resist- and they are really the only ones who could accom[plish such a massive neough effort to effect change- instead, they will once agfain capitualte/compromise and declare victory- little by little we’ve lost our second amendment rights- thanks to capitulations=- it is now illegal to even hold a gun in some cities and burroughs-, and opf course anyoen wantign a pistol has to jumop through nearly inmpossible hoops- Try gettign a permit in Chicago- not gonna happen-

[US Navy Vet]

Like I said a couple of days ago “3 of THEM(your figger out just WHO “them” is) will equal ME” THEN AND ONLY THEN(after I am dead)then “they” can “have” my weapons. I know for a FACT WHERE I am going after death “Do “THEY””!?

[CottShop]

[[I personally know more than one who are not complying - and may be persecuted/prosecuted for it.]]

That’s the problem- while hteir actions are applauded, these isolated cases simpyl aren’t goign to be effective- the left DOES NOT CARE what the masses think any more- it’s ‘their way or the highway’ from now on- they’ve removed their boxing gloves and are bare-knuckle fighting now- and they are darign anyone to stop them knowing full well noone will (except a few attempts whci hthe govrnment will label as terrorist actsd)

[[NY is not going door to door confiscating guns, yet, so I wouldn’t dismiss their citizens as casually as you did.]]

Um- yes they are- A lawyer is representign folsk who had police show up to their door demandign htey hand ovr their guns simply based on medical records- the peopel had NO prior offenses of any kind, but because the powers that be saw that the peopel were on medication, they were deemed unfit to own guns- No hearing required for hte state- just take hte guns- That was the whole reason behind kkkuomo’s ‘medical requirements’ in the gun bill- He’s already actign on it-

[from occupied ga]

Would you surrender your guns?

No

Would your friends and neighbors turn you in?

In a heartbeat

Do enough Americans remain who are willing to risk their lives resisting disarmament?

No

Would the military support the government, or the people, or both?

Government

[Quickgun]

I haven’t lived as long as I’d like,but if all freedom is to te be taken away, then I have lived long enough. Folks, we have little freedom left.If the government starts CONFISCATING anything from it’s citizens,then there is none left. So I would be with you.

[rarestia]

I’m in the same boat, quickgun. I’m 33. I don’t want to live in a country under the rule of a tyrant. I just wish they’d get to confiscating or rounding up political dissidents. I’d like to get this life over with and start my swing in purgatory. If the government’s going to kill me, I just wish they’d get it over with already.

[yadent]

If/when the above scenario occurs then the ‘Right to Life’ ceases to exist in the eyes of the State. By simple logic if one cannot defend one’s life by whatever means possible then the ‘right to life’ is meaningless. Especially given the fact that there is NO legal obligation in this country for the State to provide police protection for the individual citizen not in custody. Your ‘right to life’ is then reduced to a ‘privilege’. You could be ‘aborted’ by State whim.....