Posted on 02/28/2014 10:36:47 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Reports that the state of Connecticut is preparing to send out letters to gun owners with unregistered firearms has caused some to speculate the state may be preparing to engage in house to house gun confiscation.
The Capitalism Institute claims to have a copy of a letter officials in Connecticut are preparing to send out to residents in the state who have not yet registered their firearms with the state.
In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, the state passed a draconian gun control law which required all owners of what it deems “assault weapons” to register them with the state by Jan. 3 of this year. As part of the law, Connecticut broadened the term to include more than 100 different types of semi-automatic weapons. The law prohibits the sale of any new weapons that meet the definition, but the law contains a grandfather clause providing individuals submit personal information to a state registry.
However, to date, an estimated 100,000 owners with 350,000 weapons have yet to come forward, which has caused concern among state officials over the civil disobedience. The law also prohibits the purchase of magazines containing more than ten rounds; however the lack of serial numbers makes it impossible for officials to determine how many residents have them unless they register them. To date, slightly over 36,000 magazines have been registered out of an estimated 2 million.
With the deadline now passed, officials are pondering their next step.
The letter by the Capitalism Institute was supposedly sent to those who registered their guns after the Jan. 3 deadline. It says, “We are returning your application for assault weapon certificate and /or large capacity magazine declaration because it was not received or postmarked prior to January 1, 2014.”
The letter goes on say with their registration request denied the gun owner has several options including voluntarily turning over the weapon or magazine to law enforcement, removing it from the state, sell it to a licensed gun dealer or make it inoperable.
The Blaze reported that a spokesperson with the Special Licensing and Firearms Unit of the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection told them that although a letter has been drafted to send to gun owners found to be in possession of unregistered semi-automatic rifles deemed illegal by the state’s new gun control law, not a single one has been mailed out yet.
The spokesperson, who did not want to identify herself, refused to comment on the draft letter’s contents. When asked what other type of action the state plans to take, she referred the Blaze to the governor’s office.
If the letter turns out to be accurate, it would mean those who had their applications rejected are undoubtedly now in some type of government database with the information they submitted. This has caused some to express concern the government could go house to house and confiscate weapons. In New York, following the state’s new gun control laws that were also passed after Sandy Hook, police were able to target gun owners who possessed weapons that were previously registered in the state and legal, but were now considered illegal.
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Jack Minor is a journalist and researcher who served in the United States Marine Corps under President Reagan. He is a book editor and ghostwriter for JMPublications.com, of which he is also the founder. Also, he has written hundreds of articles and been interviewed about his work on many TV and radio outlets.
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If they do, it may be the start of something they don’t want to have finished. Why isn’t there more outcry over this? This is tyranny at the highest level!
Hey Connecticut...GIVE THEM YOUR BULLETS FIRST
Direct link to YouTube of a conversation a citizen had with the Connecticut State Police:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUxjuz2o9Gk
I have to say, I didn't expect Connecticut to be the flashpoint, but here we are.
The Commies sure think they’ve won a complete victory. Let’s see if they really have in Connecticut. Will the gun owners in Ct give up their guns without a fight?
Typical progressive response: "There is scant evidence such a letter has even been thought of and, in any event, no one is talking about mailing it out to the public."
I.e., at this point, unless you are among those the government suspects has a semi-automatic in your home, you will not receive such a letter and may never have any idea of what is transpiring until, of course, it is too late.
Those that ignore such a letter may well find liens on their various bank accounts that must be paid prior to any further withdrawals.
Didn't we see this movie when it came out in the 1930's?
New York and Connecticut may well spark a revolt that spills over to other states. I hope not, of course, we always want peace. Just I hope the state considers all the ramifications of infringing on the 2A before deciding what to do.
Move your accounts to a free state, or disguise them under family trusts. Starve the beast, lest he cause you to have to shoot him later.
Excellent read, asks the Connecticut tyrants if their warning to start making arrests and confiscating firearms that is very likely to result in the high cost of human lives is really what they want.
http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2014/02/open-letter-to-legislative-tyrants-of.html
The people who are being sent the letters were those who tried to register late. I don't think they are going to be the ones to fire back. Probably when they illicitly get the background check info and go after those people.
They probably think intimidation will work. They might get a big surprise.
How much blood and carnage will Governor Malloy (or any liberal) be willing inflict (using guns and SWAT teams?) and how many otherwise law-abiding tax paying citizens will the governor be willing to KILL or IMPRISON to disarm the citizens of Connecticut?
Will the police sent to enforce this Draconian law be willing to KILL their own neighbors and friends, that they may have known for years, possibly in front of children their own children know? How much gun violence will be necessary to protect us from the “scourge of gun violence”?
Sadly we may soon find out! Tyranny by nature is violence, so knew our Founders, thus the 2nd Amendment. God bless the Connecticut patriots!
19 April, 1775.
MOLON LABE
They absolutely think intimidation will work - but they will proceed as long as they can even when they fail.
Plan accordingly.
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