You might want to re-hink that. Read that article closely...the author is flat out stating that he and his officer friends are not going to be following ordes to confiscate firearms. He is talking about the same conversations I have been having with my law enforcement friends. You have more friends in blue than you think.
If a law gets passed, let's call it the Feinstein Fiasco, and guns are to be 'rounded-up', people who aren't willing to comply want to know who to shoot. That simple.
Most of us can recall the aftermath of Katrina where an elderly woman was gang-tackled in her home for having a gun (25-32cal?) to protect against looters and other miscreants. I believe the NRA sent a stern letter in protest. Watching the video made me sick.
A lot of people only know of the police when pulled over for a seatbelt, car phone, or other nanny state infractions. I know they perform a greater service to the community than that, but, perception is 90% (or is that possession, oh well).
This article hints at a scenario of social meltdown and prepardness people seem to be making in anticipation of such an event (which, given the level of participation lends credence to the eventuality of such which, is more worrisome than DOW fluctuations).
If I have a loaded gun in my truck, I go to prison and get a felony- here in California. If I have an unloaded gun and the ammo is not within easy reach, probably a slap-on-the-wrist. What good is an unloaded gun?
Look, our Boys in Blue are already on record enforcing anti-second ammendment laws in this state. What's to make me think orders from on High will not be as vigorously enforced? Nothing, that's what.
They've already accepted the notion that self-defense with a weapon is not a 'right' and will arrest anyone without 'permission' to have a gun on their person as their states' laws dictate. What's to change this attitude? Mayhem? Mass riots? Innocent people being slaughtered for standing their ground protecting their homes?
Better that such an education occur at the academy than on the streets. Not every person in possession of a gun is worthy of arrest and incarceration as currently practiced.
Ignorance of the law is no excuse: if a new society must rise from the ashes of the past, perhaps law-enforcement will then take the time to fully appreciate the "law" (read: second ammendment, take to heart, or repeat the same mistakes).
I wish law enforcement were on the side of the people and constitution rather than the state, but too much evidence suggests they are not. It's their bed, they made it, and they'll have to sleep in it.