On the last day of the deadline to personally turn in banned guns to “authorities” in Australia, hundreds stood in line in a thunderstorm and pouring rain to surrender them.
I can’t see that happening here. The War for Independence started here when the soldiers of the Crown came to collect the colonists’ guns at Lexington. That and still is because an armed citizenry is a free citizenry.
Australians buried more guns in the Outback than they turned in. Authorities were expecting 2.5 million firearms would fall under the ban. A mere 600,000 were surrendered, mostly .22 rimfires and broken junk.
By the Australians’ own admission, they didn’t even get half of ‘em. This while paying serious (market rate or better) money for the outlawed guns, and even for parts.