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.
unless someone changes the 1986 FOPA law, registration of non-NFA weapons is illegal under federal law. soooo, I guess these states can f*** off.
Not a problem. They'll just change the venue to a cesspool of Obama voters.
Thrown out a window? Thats kinda specific...
I'm pretty sure that at least 2/6 of that cohort likes its gin too, if you know what I mean.
NY already has handgun and assault weapons registration. There will be much more registration with the new law just passed.
Like not buying insurance?
Look for the government to use the IRS as their point thugs in this battle. It will be ruthless.
So we need to steer the numbers about 2-3%. Appealing to the not yet totally-lost could do that. How many young men and women with a good heart but no real parental or other role models could be reclaimed out of this diaspora?
Young hearts yearn for the TRUTH. Someone has to be there to represent it.
Now, let’s do that nationwide with taxes. Starve the beast! Bring government to its knees!
The 2nd Amendment’s sole purpose is to provide effective means to oppose tyranny; it is not to protect target shooters, it is not to protect hunters, it is not to protect gun collections, it is not even to provide for self defense.
The 2nd Amendment exists to limit the power of the Federal Government, and to preserve the rights of individuals.
It was not illegal to posses booze during prohibition, just to produce, distribute, or sell it.
Wise words.
/johnny
“The only way they can fight back (and they will) is by making examples of those who happen to get caught.”
After all, I can only be killed once, and I'm too full of gristle to eat.
johnny
/johnny
You do realize the DHS/DOJ software scans for keywords and doesn’t understand sentence order.
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