Connecticut to Confiscate

[bobbyfairbanks]

Well I am not sure you would be a felon if a state passes a law that is violation of the us constitution.

[merl]

Why is the DB in the Hummer drawing down on the guy with the camera? His momma should give him a talking to.

Because publicity is bad. They would much rather that picture not exist. (what is it actually of BTW)
I can see why that guy got turret duty though, looks like a slow mover.

[merl]

Well I am not sure you would be a felon if a state passes a law that is violation of the us constitution.

hahahaha. You'll be a felon unless the SC actually hears the case and rules in the favor of the constitution. Meanwhile you get to mount your defense from jail with all your assets confiscated.

[hatidua]

Because publicity is bad. They would much rather that picture not exist. (what is it actually of BTW)

Boston, post-marathon.

[streetglideok]

There's no pushback, and there won't be. Look at CA/IL/MA/NY gun laws (and increasingly CO laws), politicians pass whatever laws they want and the masses go along. There's a heap of "I won't comply" posts on gun forums across the country, but when push comes to shove, how many are going trade their comfy suburban existence for prison with nightly backdoor love sessions with 300# hairy cellmates?

Anyone that does resist will be labeled a domestic terrorist, shot (err, I mean, "the tear gas somehow ignited..."), and then we'll get back to Keeping up with the Kardashians or some other reality TV blather. The "LEO's won't enforce such laws" posts are truly laughable: which one of them is going to ditch their career/pension just to save some random citizen's gun collection? -ain't gonna happen.

If CO passed laws banning every single gun (all of them, not just AR's), and the powers that be came door to door to collect them, how many are going to (suicidally) resist a group like this:

You get the twinkie. The folks in the other states will just roll over and register. Keeping your job, and living in suburbia is more important than doing the right thing.

[BPTactical]

You get the twinkie. The folks in the other states will just roll over and register. Keeping your job, and living in suburbia is more important than doing the right thing.

Better to die on one's feet than live on your knees.

[streetglideok]

We all check out at some time. Only difference is how. On your feet, or on your knees... begging.

[wctriumph]

Well, how about setting up a phone tree if registration becomes law and we don't register. When one member is being harassed a call goes out, those that are true show up to defend their brother patriot and the war starts there. My family is with me, I'm in for the duration.

If push come to shove then I am willing to put it on the line for my beliefs when it becomes the last resort to stay free. Like Bert says, better to die standing up than live on my knees. I'm old and my knees don't bend so well.

Edit: Before we get there, we should all be doing our best to elect representatives that will honor their oaths of office so it does not come to that here.

TEA

III

[TFOGGER]

I may be mistaken, but a lot of us on here are old enough that we really don't fear the consequences of resisting tyranny. We would all prefer that it never come to that point, but if it does, I feel that we have a higher than average probability of taking action than the general public. This may or may not be a good thing for us.

I'm over 50 now (well over) and the Armed Forces say I'm too old to track down terrorists. You can't be older than 35 to join the military.They've got the whole thing backwards. Instead of sending 18-year-olds off to fight, they ought to take us old guys. You shouldn't be able to join until you're at least 35.
For starters:
Researchers say 18-year- olds think about sex every 10 seconds. Old guys only think about sex a couple of times a day, leaving us more than 28,000 additional seconds per day to concentrate on the enemy.
Young guys haven't lived long enough to be cranky, and a cranky soldier is a dangerous soldier. If we can't kill the enemy we'll complain them into submission.
"My back hurts!" "I'm hungry!"
"Where's the remote control?"
An 18-year-old hasn't had a legal beer yet and you shouldn't go to war until you're at least old enough to legally drink. An average old guy, on the other hand, has consumed 126,000 gallons of beer by the time he's 35 and a jaunt through the desert heat with a backpack and M-60 would do wonders for the old beer belly. An 18-year-old doesn't like to get up before 10 a.m.. Old guys get up early every morning to pee.
If old guys are captured we couldn't spill the beans because we'd probably forget where we put them. In fact, name, rank, and serial number would be a real brainteaser.
Boot camp would actually be easier for old guys. We're used to getting screamed and yelled at and we actually like soft food. We've also developed a deep appreciation for guns and rifles. We like them almost better than naps.
They could lighten up on the obstacle course however.. I've been in combat and I didn't see a single 20-foot wall with rope hanging over the side, nor did I ever do any pushups after completing basic training. I can hear the Drill Sergeant now, "Get down and give me...er...one."
And the running part is kind of a waste of energy. I've never seen anyone outrun a bullet.
An 18-year-old has the whole world ahead of him. He's still learning to shave, to actually carry on a conversation, and to wear pants without the top of his butt crack showing and his boxer shorts sticking out. He's still hasn't figured out that a pierced tongue catches food particles, and that a 400-watt speaker in the back seat of a Honda Accord can rupture an eardrum. All great reasons to keep our sons at home to learn a little more about life before sending them off to possible death..
Let us old guys track down those dirty rotten cowards who attacked our hearts on September 11. The last thing the enemy would want to see right now is a couple of million old goats with attitudes.

[UrbanWolf]

This is my CA/IL/MA/NY because the way they are. When it comes down to it, almost no one will resist, let it be LE, military, civilians.

There's no pushback, and there won't be. Look at CA/IL/MA/NY gun laws (and increasingly CO laws), politicians pass whatever laws they want and the masses go along. There's a heap of "I won't comply" posts on gun forums across the country, but when push comes to shove, how many are going trade their comfy suburban existence for prison with nightly backdoor love sessions with 300# hairy cellmates?

Anyone that does resist will be labeled a domestic terrorist, shot (err, I mean, "the tear gas somehow ignited..."), and then we'll get back to Keeping up with the Kardashians or some other reality TV blather. The "LEO's won't enforce such laws" posts are truly laughable: which one of them is going to ditch their career/pension just to save some random citizen's gun collection? -ain't gonna happen.

If CO passed laws banning every single gun (all of them, not just AR's), and the powers that be came door to door to collect them, how many are going to (suicidally) resist a group like this: