The states, but not the federal government, have always had the right to order “military grade” weapons to be stored in armories within their jursidiction. In addition, a local government, as well as a county government, may so order as long as these government’s orders do not conflict with their parent state.
The principle and practice of such storage, was grandfathered into the rights of the states and of the people of the states, from the militia laws of old.
A basic reason why the states have such power, is for organization - the people have the right to know the readily available martial power of their local, county, and state militia, by virtue of ordnance - what is its status.
That the federal government would attempt to seize any of these state (and within state) armories ... THEN we know the time has come to Call the Muster, because the federal government made the long-recognized first move.
In addition, there is a related matter having to do with how egregious New York State has been regarding people passing thru or visiting that state.
PROPERLY, what NY should do, is require that a gun be stored with the local armory ... and picked up on the way out of town. INSTEAD OF ARRESTING THE CCW CARRIER and making a big liberal media show of it.
Yes, these restrictions are a pain, but they DO NOT infringe on our right to keep and bear Arms, because the storage issue -— singled out of the news story above -— is part of the practice of being well-disciplined:
We have to be able and willing to demonstrate, that as a keeping and bearer of Arms, despite our displeasure, we are answerable to local, county, and state legislative bodies, in regard to how we exercise individual use as well as martial power when mustered.
The short of it is: That the people should not be alarmed by those who are disciplined at, and in, keeping and bearing Arms.
The badge on the uniform of a law enforcement officer within the state, does not make the sidearm safe.
It is wrong to assume that badge makes the gun safe.
It is wrong to assume that people who keep and bear Arms are not safe.
What makes both safe, is discipline.
We presume that the badge means that the LEO attends to discipline, but we as people must demonstrate that we, too, attend to the discipline.
What wounds most of us, tens of millions of us, is that we do attend to the discipline, but the leftists hell bent on establishing a police state, would have the people believe that ONLY THAT BADGE MAKES THE GUN SAFE!
If the local government’s legislative body (town council) ask you to store your “military grade” weapons in the town armory, you need to do that. You are demonstrating that you are determined to attend to the discipline and set the minds of your neighbors at ease.
You still can have your shotgun and hunting rifle and sidearm ... but if “military grade” means semi-automatic rifle - as was the case of the M1 Garand - then it goes in the armory. You get to retrieve it and use it, but it’s stored in the armory.
The federal gov’t has no right to infringe on your access to your M1 Garand, but your state laws can require you to store that “military grade” rifle where the state needs you to keep it.
bear arms meant own and carry including across state lines....
as far as keeping any
‘military grade” arms in a govt controlled armory, that defeates my right of self defense against a tyrannical govt.
as an option at my choosing-ok but not a requirement. if the police can have it so should I
“If the local government’s legislative body (town council) ask you to store your “military grade” weapons in the town armory, you need to do that. You are demonstrating that you are determined to attend to the discipline and set the minds of your neighbors at ease.
You still can have your shotgun and hunting rifle and sidearm ... but if “military grade” means semi-automatic rifle - as was the case of the M1 Garand - then it goes in the armory. You get to retrieve it and use it, but it’s stored in the armory.”
Complete and utter rubbish. If it is mine, it stays with me, period. If it belongs to the government, then they can store it and issue it as they please.