It's not really matter of "refusal". It's a socio-political reality. While I'd certainly support aggressive measures to change it, it does need to be factored into any serious proposals re when and how to eliminate the laundry list of unconstitutional gun laws in NYC (and to a great extent in NY State as a whole). If all the gun laws are suddenly eliminated one day, a huge bloodbath in which lots of innocent people get killed quickly ensued, all that will be achieved is to create a dangerous political groundswell of anti-gun sentiment. There IS a mechanism for amending the Constitution, and we need to be careful not to let the critical mass of citizens needed to accomplish that become inclined to wipe out the 2nd Amendment.
The scenario you described was the basis for a novel called DON'T TREAD ON ME. In it, a BATF official wanted to boost his agency funding, so he set up a shooting at a stadium, and an unanticipated stampede occurred.
The ensuing loss of life caused a Democratic President to act out his gun grabber fantasies. He learned the hard way that Americans won't give up their guns, adn that given the number of long range rifles (millions of 'em) tht any government that the citizenry opposes CAN kill enough government officials to cause that government to change its behavior.
That is just what the Founders wanted.
Fear not. America is armed, and the Constitution WILL be defended. I am sure that even Nancy Pelosi is aware of this most basic of facts about America.
She knows what that Japanese officer said during interrogation after WW II, regarding why Japan never invaded after Pearl Harbor - "Behind every blade of grass is a rifle".
True then, true now.
That's why the UN crowd wants to ban small arms.
Do you have any evidence to back up your "blood bath" speculation? It sounds exactly like the "streets running with blood" predictions the Brady Bunch made about each of the 38 state concealed laws that were passed. The "blood baths" never materialized; instead every category of violent crime decreased.