That's a fact jack
In countries under arbitrary government, the people oppressed and dispirited neither possess arms nor know how to use them. Tyrants never feel secure until they have disarmed the people.”
Unknown author, from the Connecticut Courant, 1788
Unknown author, from the Connecticut Courant, 1788
Maybe this will get the voters thinking twice about the folks they put into office! They're the one's that need arresting.
This is definitely a beta test for the nation right here!
This is definitely a beta test for the nation right here!
The Master
CT has required AW registration since 1994. They did a second registration in 2004(?). Confiscation still hasn't happened.
As much as I despise the gun laws that went into effect, these letters are not confiscation per se. The state is not going to go confiscating legally registered AWs and LCMs. They are going to confiscate now illegally owned and unregistered AWs and LCMs. Very similar to confiscating firearms from felons(which I don't agree with). If you registered and followed the law your guns are safe if you broke the law the aren't safe. This is definitely being blown out of proportion.
To add, anyone that says CT residents took this laying down is an idiot. You obviously have no idea the fighting that CT residents went through. The new laws were bound to happen. The legislature tried to ram through laws after Sandy Hook and gun owners stood up. The legislature did not have the votes to push the laws through in a normal or legal fashion. They therefore decided to call an emergency certification and shove this crap down the throats of CT residents with no public hearing and behind closed doors.
"I'd just move away" - I did, I moved to ME, then to OK...to my surprise OK is far more restrictive than ME.
As much as I despise the gun laws that went into effect, these letters are not confiscation per se. The state is not going to go confiscating legally registered AWs and LCMs. They are going to confiscate now illegally owned and unregistered AWs and LCMs. Very similar to confiscating firearms from felons(which I don't agree with). If you registered and followed the law your guns are safe if you broke the law the aren't safe. This is definitely being blown out of proportion.
To add, anyone that says CT residents took this laying down is an idiot. You obviously have no idea the fighting that CT residents went through. The new laws were bound to happen. The legislature tried to ram through laws after Sandy Hook and gun owners stood up. The legislature did not have the votes to push the laws through in a normal or legal fashion. They therefore decided to call an emergency certification and shove this crap down the throats of CT residents with no public hearing and behind closed doors.
"I'd just move away" - I did, I moved to ME, then to OK...to my surprise OK is far more restrictive than ME.
All laws are control measures.
My point is CT isnt going around confiscating everyone's guns nor do they plan to(at this time). They are confiscating guns that are illegally owned. As dumb and stupid as the laws are they are still the law for the time being. If you followed the law and registered your AWs and LCMs your guns are safe.
<sigh>
Yeah... you're right. If they're not registered in that state, they're illegal. And now there are upwards of 100,000 new felons in the state they can punish, incarcerate, collect fines from and whose privacy they can invade. People who just a few days before were law-abiding citizens who simply believed in and exercised the rights ennumerated by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. But some knee-jerk anti-Constitution legislators somehow managed to turn them all into criminals.
Good job CT. You are well on your way... you as citizens are getting the utopia you wanted.
This is something that can't be undone... all those sheeple who registered (or tried) are now on a list, and that list will never go away, even if the law is repealed after the next election cycle.
Good job, CT.
