Where Will The Constitutional War Begin?

[eyer]

Where will its Lexington be...

...perhaps the home of the first capital of these United States?

The Resistance Begins: New York Gun Owners Refuse to Register; “Largest Act of Civil Disobedience in State History”

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.

http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-ne...-civil-disobedience-in-state-history_01252013

 

[bronzeage]

Probably Fort Sumter.

 

[eyer]

Stand your ground; don’t fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here.

Capt. John Parker, Lexington militia, April 19, 1775

 

[richard_daily]

In the drug-addled corners of your mind.

 

[KingOrfeo]

A rebellion of gun-nuts would not be "The Constitutional War."

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

There will be no revolt till Hitlers in the building, and no revolt has ever been about guns. Revolts are always about the destruction of the middle-class on Main Street.

 

[KingOrfeo]

Revolts are always about the destruction of the middle-class on Main Street.

Well, that precondition is satisfied, at any rate.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Well, that precondition is satisfied, at any rate.

Its getting there but theres still slack in the rope.

 

[Mike_Yates]

Constitutional rights in the US are getting in the way of governments and corporate state's ability to abuse and restrict our rights in order to make larger profits.

Democracy in the US has to be done away with so the criminals who now run it can have their way with us for power and profit.

 

[Lancecastor]

Funny...in Canada we are required to have a license to buy a gun, but when it came to the government telling us we had to register our guns, we simply didn't do it.

There was no "war"....public opinion resulted in the government dropping the registration requirement for non-restricted weapons. ( regular long guns like 22's, 30-06 and shotguns).

The registration portion of the Firearms Act was implemented in 1995 and the deadline for gun owners to register their non-restricted firearms was January 1, 2003. Compliance was a dismal failure: Over 70% of all firearms in Canada were never registered.

 

[phrodeau]

So what happens to the claim that most gun owners are law-abiding citizens? I'm not buying it.

 

[mercury14]

So what happens to the claim that most gun owners are law-abiding citizens? I'm not buying it.

They will not respond to this post.

 

[Lancecastor]

They will not respond to this post.

Surprise anarchy?

 

[KingOrfeo]

Funny...in Canada we are required to have a license to buy a gun, but when it came to the government telling us we had to register our guns, we simply didn't do it.

There was no "war"....public opinion resulted in the government dropping the registration requirement for non-restricted weapons. ( regular long guns like 22's, 30-06 and shotguns).

That's Canadian rebellion for ya. Polite. We do things different here, Canuck; Yanks are a loud and self-righteous bunch, when we're pissed off we have to make noise about it, and tell all who disagree with us how wrong and evil they are. It's the American Way.

 

[Lancecastor]

That's Canadian rebellion for ya. Polite. We do things different here, Canuck; Yanks are a loud and self-righteous bunch, when we're pissed off we have to make noise about it, and tell all who disagree with us how wrong and evil they are. It's the American Way.

Not that any american would bother to know, but was an ongoing public debate here for several years... yes, we resolve things politely up here most of the time.