Posted on 01/25/2013 8:50:10 PM PST by blam
The Resistance Begins: New York Gun Owners Refuse to Register; “Largest Act of Civil Disobedience in State History”
Mac Slavo
January 25th, 2013
With emotions running high in the aftermath of the Newtown Sandy Hook shooting, politicians on the State and Federal level have begun introducing legislative actions to curtail access to firearms protected by the Second Amendment. In Missouri, parents may soon be forced to register firearms with their child’s school under threat of criminal penalties. In Massachusetts, another proposal would require storage of semi-automatic rifles at government approved storage depots. And, in the State of New York, congressional representatives have already passed legislation that requires registration of every semi-automatic rifle and reduces maximum magazine capacity to 7 rounds of ammunition, and Governor Cuomo has floated the idea of gun confiscation.
Now, in what is sure to be a growing trend across the entire country, New York gun owners are organizing a resistance against what many believe to be the most, “brazen infringement on the right to keep and bear arms anywhere in the nation,” according to The New American:
Preparations are already being made for mass resistance.
“I’ve heard from hundreds of people that they’re prepared to defy the law, and that number will be magnified by the thousands, by the tens of thousands, when the registration deadline comes,’’ said President Brian Olesen with American Shooters Supply, among the biggest gun dealers in the state, in an interview with the New York Post.
Even government officials admit that forcing New Yorkers to register their guns will be a tough sell, and they are apparently aware that massive non-compliance will be the order of the day. “Many of these assault-rifle owners aren’t going to register; we realize that,’’ a source in the Cuomo administration told the Post, adding that officials expect “widespread violations” of the new statute.
Threats of imprisoning gun owners for up to a year and confiscating their weapons are already being issued by governor’s office, headed by a rabid anti-Second Amendment extremist who suggested before the bill passed that “confiscation” of all semi-automatic rifles was being considered. If tens or even hundreds of thousands of otherwise law-abiding citizens refuse to comply, however, analysts say New York would either have to start raising taxes and building a lot more prisons, or give up on the scheme that experts say will do nothing to reduce violence and that lawmakers say is aimed at eventual confiscation.
Activists involved in the state-wide boycott against the unconstitutional statute who spoke to the Post almost taunted authorities, saying gun owners would essentially dare authorities to “come and take it away.”
According to the paper, leaders of some of the state’s hundreds of gun clubs, dealers, and non-profit organizations, citing the New York Constitution’s guarantee that gun rights “cannot be infringed,” are currently involved in organizing the resistance. Among the primary concerns is that, with registration, authorities would know where to go for confiscation, an idea already proposed openly by Governor Cuomo himself.
“They’re saying, ‘F— the governor! F— Cuomo! We’re not going to register our guns,’ and I think they’re serious. People are not going to do it. People are going to resist,” explained State Rifle and Pistol Association President Tom King, who also serves on the National Rifle Association board of directors. “They’re taking one of our guaranteed civil rights, and they’re taking it away.”
Opponents of the right to bear arms, take heed. The American people know what you’re up to and they will not stand for it.
The resistance has begun.
When Representatives get shot in the ass, they may have no choice but to stand on their position.
I am single and old enough to know better than to give in. I have a few high capacity magazines which I won’t turn in on principle. A lot easier said than done especially since I live in VIrginia and probably would get kudos from my sheriff at this point.
“Gallows across the Street from the State Capitol Buildings in MA ———:
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I’ll supply the refreshments if you come to MA.I’m too old for the construction work.
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lol 51% of this country is punks and fags
history repeats:
first they register.
then they confiscate.
then they exterminate.
nice flag, btw.
Insist on a Jury trial.
Be sure to pick gun owners to be on that jury.
These people were criminals there, and they brought it here, and they are still criminals. They think that way ~ they believe it ~ they ooze it from their pores.
Then there are others, but there ARE the criminal class
It's loser talk.
LOL.
Good one.
The only register yer gonna get is the. To give you pause. as you cower from your vile and evil act.report from my arms. That ought
I am wondering when the first Heller/McDonald lawsuits start? Where is our Temporary injunction at? The ACLU does this all the time stopping laws before they become active. I live in a Southern State, so I don’t have to be a test case right now.
Then you drive without one , Thousands will be doing it.
Tax refund??? What’s that.
That makes two of us.
Maybe we can get some Illegals to build it. Is there a Home Depot near the Capitol?
It's a given. The petty tyrants will use every lackey they can muster.
As for "like prohibition," forfeiture of your gallon of gin is much easier to tolerate, than is forfeiture of your arsenal. IOW, conviction in court will be like prohibition (no conviction), but the downside risk is remarkably different.
“The state will just fight back. Cancel your drivers license, withold your state tax refund, etc.”
Cancel whose drivers license? If somebody doesn’t register, they don’t register. They don’t call up the motor vehicle department and say “I have one, but I won’t register it”.
The whole point is that the NYS govt. won’t know you have it if you don’t register.
The only way they can fight back (and they will) is by making examples of those who happen to get caught. Look for some program that promotes snitching.
Anyone contemplating resisting this law needs to keep their mouths shut and their weapons out of sight. And make damn sure you have no enemies that know what you have.
““Resist we much!” Not a typo, just a Rev. Al quote.”
They don’t bother to require immigrants to register, but they want Citizens to register.
DON’T DO IT!
Remember Concord and Lexington!
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