Replies

And to the "Cold dead fingers" crowd.

Talk on the key board is cheap. When a disaster strikes your community some bone head in Law Enforcement may make a "grab all guns" decision. You sit on your porch and when LEOs turn the corner you're going to have a shootout with them? They kill you, take all the guns in the house and now your family gets to face the looters without you and without any protection?

You hide it and you lie.

You say you sold it, loaned it, lost it, broke it, threw it away, etc.

Where to hide your weapons?

The time to figure that out is before disaster strikes.

But you raise an excellent question.

You're right. When faced with an abomination like that the best thing to do is be armed with a video camera, record the entire "special aktion" by the Einsatz group, state clearly you are not consenting to the operation but are acquiescing to overwhelming force, ask for the authority by which they are performing the confiscation, state you will take whatever legal action is available against them individually and whoever gave the order, demand the identity of the individuals involved, take pictures of al the firearms that are stolen, and demand a signed receipt for all of them. Then, when it's over, contact the NRA and provide them a copy of the tape.

A credible threat of serious legal action like this might even cause the leader of the group to call off the assault on your home.

When a disaster strikes your community some bone head in Law Enforcement may make a "grab all guns" decision. You sit on your porch and when LEOs turn the corner you're going to have a shootout with them? They kill you, take all the guns in the house and now your family gets to face the looters without you and without any protection?

And you will just hand yours over and now you and your family get to face looters without any protection?

Well?

Obviously it is critically important to elect local representatives that are firmly committed to all individual rights...not just the ones the Dims; ACLU and the their ilk are committed to protecting...

Middle Finger to YOU!

"Talk on the key board is cheap. When a disaster strikes your community some bone head in Law Enforcement may make a "grab all guns" decision. You sit on your porch and when LEOs turn the corner you're going to have a shootout with them? They kill you, take all the guns in the house and now your family gets to face the looters without you and without any protection?"

You also make unwise assumptions. Darn few people are going to start a gunfight with cops who just turned the corner. Cops (or anyone else) who start breaking into my house are another matter. There WILL be a gunfight. Not only that, there aren't that many cops in ANY town or city, compared to the population of the town or city. The very first time they run into armed resistance, they're going to get the clue that this is not a good idea. My neighborhood, they might succeed in taking my guns, but they wouldn't make it out of the neighborhood.

I don't know about your town or city, but in mine, I'm on a first-name basis with some of the cops, and I don't think we have any who would obey such an order in the first place, since it is quite illegal. They need to think about what will happen after the disaster, too, you know? So does the mayor and the governor, for that matter. I can guarantee that in this state (Oklahoma) a public official who made such a statement would be suddenly unemployed.

Also, mind you, I'm retired military, and strongly of the law-and-order bent, but that include resistance to tyranny, too. If there aren't quite a few civil lawsuits against the people who ordered the confiscations, I'd be seriously surprised. I'd also be seriously surprised if the rest of the public officials don't get the message loud and clear. I'm not particularly rich, but I'd also find some spare change to donate to the legal defense fund of anyone who successfully resisted such a gun-grab, too.

They kill you, take all the guns in the house and now your family gets to face the looters without you and without any protection?

On the other hand, if they have to shoot it out every time they try confiscate guns, they will probably stop doing that. You really gave to consider the greater good.

When a disaster strikes your community some bone head in Law Enforcement may make a "grab all guns" decision. You sit on your porch and when LEOs turn the corner you're going to have a shootout with them? They kill you, take all the guns in the house and now your family gets to face the looters without you and without any protection

Well.....a voter can begin by voting for a protector of the 2nd Amendment....also, a smart patriot knows how to ambush and run when confrontation is futile....