Posted on 01/25/2013 8:50:10 PM PST by blam
The Resistance Begins: New York Gun Owners Refuse to Register; “Largest Act of Civil Disobedience in State History”
Mac Slavo
January 25th, 2013
With emotions running high in the aftermath of the Newtown Sandy Hook shooting, politicians on the State and Federal level have begun introducing legislative actions to curtail access to firearms protected by the Second Amendment. In Missouri, parents may soon be forced to register firearms with their child’s school under threat of criminal penalties. In Massachusetts, another proposal would require storage of semi-automatic rifles at government approved storage depots. And, in the State of New York, congressional representatives have already passed legislation that requires registration of every semi-automatic rifle and reduces maximum magazine capacity to 7 rounds of ammunition, and Governor Cuomo has floated the idea of gun confiscation.
Now, in what is sure to be a growing trend across the entire country, New York gun owners are organizing a resistance against what many believe to be the most, “brazen infringement on the right to keep and bear arms anywhere in the nation,” according to The New American:
Preparations are already being made for mass resistance.
“I’ve heard from hundreds of people that they’re prepared to defy the law, and that number will be magnified by the thousands, by the tens of thousands, when the registration deadline comes,’’ said President Brian Olesen with American Shooters Supply, among the biggest gun dealers in the state, in an interview with the New York Post.
Even government officials admit that forcing New Yorkers to register their guns will be a tough sell, and they are apparently aware that massive non-compliance will be the order of the day. “Many of these assault-rifle owners aren’t going to register; we realize that,’’ a source in the Cuomo administration told the Post, adding that officials expect “widespread violations” of the new statute.
Threats of imprisoning gun owners for up to a year and confiscating their weapons are already being issued by governor’s office, headed by a rabid anti-Second Amendment extremist who suggested before the bill passed that “confiscation” of all semi-automatic rifles was being considered. If tens or even hundreds of thousands of otherwise law-abiding citizens refuse to comply, however, analysts say New York would either have to start raising taxes and building a lot more prisons, or give up on the scheme that experts say will do nothing to reduce violence and that lawmakers say is aimed at eventual confiscation.
Activists involved in the state-wide boycott against the unconstitutional statute who spoke to the Post almost taunted authorities, saying gun owners would essentially dare authorities to “come and take it away.”
According to the paper, leaders of some of the state’s hundreds of gun clubs, dealers, and non-profit organizations, citing the New York Constitution’s guarantee that gun rights “cannot be infringed,” are currently involved in organizing the resistance. Among the primary concerns is that, with registration, authorities would know where to go for confiscation, an idea already proposed openly by Governor Cuomo himself.
“They’re saying, ‘F— the governor! F— Cuomo! We’re not going to register our guns,’ and I think they’re serious. People are not going to do it. People are going to resist,” explained State Rifle and Pistol Association President Tom King, who also serves on the National Rifle Association board of directors. “They’re taking one of our guaranteed civil rights, and they’re taking it away.”
Opponents of the right to bear arms, take heed. The American people know what you’re up to and they will not stand for it.
The resistance has begun.
“NY already has handgun and assault weapons registration.”
“Assault weapon” registration is part of the new law just passed. Prior to this there was no registration of any “long guns” in NY State.
The new registration requirements are not in effect yet, NY State residents have until Jan 2014 to register any weapons covered under the new law.
And their is a slim possibility that legal challenges could be successful before that.
So at this moment, no one in NY should register any of their long guns. If someone has something they want to register they would be wise to hold off for now.
At least in Lexington, they should try and store these firearms in this building:
“I’ll not hide like a coward, or skulk in shadows.”
Well then next January, grab your AR 15 and come on up to NY State and wave it around. And be sure to bring your 30 round mags.
I Like that!!!
I'll consider coming up to help you protest.
I never want to go north of the Red River again, but if a patriot is serious about asking for help to maintain freedom, it's worth a serious look-see.
/johnny
“One of the greatest gifts by the English race to the world: The expression “F*** off.”
Christopher Hitchens
Hey, gun-grabbing government lackeys everywhere—I got your answer right here!
And protesters will ramp it up another notch by reducing their withholdings to zero, getting fake driver’s license, etc. Pretty soon it will be all out war.
Lol
Muh phone type what it whunts ....
Ok, but will there be a live thread at least? I think Ruby Ridge would have gone differently if the Weavers had been live streaming, or something like that. If we have to fight, then we have to fight. But we can’t just spend the lives of good FReepers like they were so much Monopoly money. We have to make sure the regime gets bit every time they tread on one of us.
Then you create people with little left to lose who are well armed...even a small % of true resistors would be thousands. If the gooberment can’t rid itself of street gangs......
Last time, he called me a day later and said: "Sorry, didn't know your dad had passed. I would have sent flowers.... All your exes were at your dad's funeral? How does that work?"
/johnny
More the latter than the former. The constitution (as a whole) was supposed to limit the power of the feds. Giving individuals the power of violence is an essential quality of "free state," and "free state" is what the 2nd amendment is designed to preserve.
Barney Fife has the power and authority to stifle live streaming. That word of Ruby Ridge got out at all is amazing.
Communication networks are trivially easy to shut down, given the power of the feds. Network/broadcast news will always be allowed to operate - it is a first mission of occupying forces.
Yeah, I figured it was a phone. They haven’t got a natural gesture for a newline yet. Hilarity occasionally ensues.
In some cases, he doesn't have a friggin clue on what is going on and how to shut it down.
HA! Killed the power! Wait, stuff is still running.
Don't overestimate Barney's technical competence.
Guys like us build their gear for them and struggle to teach them to use it.
Yes. I have T-shirts.
/johnny
No doubt true. I was just riffing on the actions of the B+ student of counter-resistance.
For a second there, I read your post as “Hillary ensues”. LOL!
Cooks ask those kind of questions. +300V and greater is for the dishwasher to deal with... I can get new dishwashers.
/johnny
Grade.
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