somebody shoulda told the NRA that after sandyhook...That is why it’s so important to not get complacent and believe a worse case scenario will never happen. That’s why it’s critical to fight the gun controllers’ efforts to change the law at EVERY turn, using EVERY legal means possible.
Long before they “come and take” our guns, and our freedoms.
I remember a post from my early days on FR. Can’t remember the poster’s name. He said any confiscation at his house would have three stages:
1. They come in and look for the guns. They find some but not all.
2. As they leave, he kills as many as he can.
3. They kill him.
One thing I have not seen discussed is an unintended consequence of gun banning laws. There have been such laws passed in California, NJ, Mass, and New York. From what I have read, compliance of these laws has been low, on the order of 20% or less.
It would seem that once the banned guns go underground, that would mean a large percentage of them are guaranteed to go to criminals. With the draconian penalties for owning or possessing such weapons, after the original owner dies, none of the survivors will turn over the weapon to the authorities. You just know that some overzealous prosecutor somewhere will bring the full weight of the state down on someone who tries to turn in such a gun. The word will spread fast.
So, the survivor will turn to someone they trust to “dispose” of the problem gun. I am guessing that a large percentage of those people will feed it to (if not outright criminals) questionable people. The next iteration will certainly go to outright criminals.
If so, the criminals in a few years are going to get an upgrade of weaponry courtesy of the gun banners.
“America is at that awkward stage. It’s too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards.” --- opening lines of “101 Things To Do ‘Til The Revolution by Claire Wolfe
Let’s approach this strictly from the standpoint of “working within the system”. Working within the system means complying with the Constitution’s amendment process to eliminate the Second Amendment. However, the citizen has the right to gun ownership in the absence of the Second Amendment.
Is government constitutionally empowered to “come and take our guns” after repeal of the Second Amendment? No, they are not.
Is government constitutionally empowered to create legislation to “come and take our guns” after repeal of the Second Amendment? No, they are not.
The issue then centers on the requirement to create an amendment that creates a new power of legislation.
If they couldn’t round up 50 million illegals, how are they going to round up a billion guns?
Standing idly by, while states slowly pass these laws 1 by 1 is going to kill America. Apathy is a terrible thing.
Not any more!!
somebody shoulda told the NRA that after sandyhook...Bookmark
If the Redcoats came down the street, going door-to-door, yeah we’d fight back.
But if the cops surround your neighbor’s house, and nobody else’s on that street, would you be as quick to open fire? Or would you stand back and say, “Wow, sucks to be that guy!” Just like we do now when somebody is being raided by SWAT?
One at a time they could pick us all off until no gun owners are left. Believe it.