In Massachusetts, if you have a firearm and lose it, by law, a form FA-10 must be filed with the Department of Criminal Justice Information Services Firearms Records Bureau.
If you do so and are found with said firearm, that is an unregistered weapon. One year in jail. Mandatory. Here in MA...there can be no 'boating accidents'.
Something like 99% of the Jews who complied with the Nazi regime’s laws were murdered by those same Nazis.
It is your duty to disobey some laws.
There was a bunch of farmers and small businessmen who disobeyed a king in 1775.
They set an example of when to disobey this king.
And even that may be considered unnecessarily benevolent by the current administration. The jackals may be incredibly misguided and/or evil, but they plan very long-term, very thoroughly, and they almost always ensure that they will win something no matter what side of the coin comes up.