New York gun owners to defy Cuomo's ban?

[Parker 213]

This event could prove interesting. (The first two words in the first sentence throws me a bit. That term has just been over-used these days.)

 

http://www.nypost.co...YBJJhkLBtiTPMfJ

 

 

Assault-rifle owners statewide are organizing a mass boycott of Gov. Cuomo’s new law mandating they register their weapons, daring officials to “come and take it away,” The Post has learned.

 

Gun-range owners and gun-rights advocates are encouraging hundreds of thousands of owners to defy the law, saying it’d be the largest act of civil disobedience in state history.

 

“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 Brian Olesen, president of the American Shooters Supply, one of the largest gun dealers in the state. Officials estimate at least 1 million semiautomatic rifles are owned in the state, sources said.

And come April 15, 2014 — when Cuomo is expected to be running for re-election — they all have to be registered with the State Police.

 

But because the rifles have been legal but unregistered until now, authorities don’t know who has them or where they are located. State officials will be nervously watching the registration figures to see how many gun owners comply, sources said.

 

“I believe you will have people stepping forward, saying, ‘Here I am. See? I have what you call an assault rifle. Now come and take it away,’ ’’ said a gun-rights activist and boycott organizer. That’s exactly what state officials are worried about.

 

“Many of these assault-rifle owners aren’t going to register; we realize that,’’ said a Cuomo-administration source who added that officials expect “widespread violations’’ of the new law. Owners who refuse to register could face a class-A misdemeanor — punishable by up to a year in prison. And an owner’s weapon could also be confiscated, which could be worth several thousands of dollars.

 

National Rifle Association President David Keene told The Post yesterday that he wasn’t surprised by the planned boycott. “While we don’t get involved in campaigns to resist the law, I will say this: Historic experience here and in Canada shows that when you try to force gun owners into a registration and licensing system, there’s usually mass opposition and mass noncompliance,” he said. “I think it’s going to be very difficult for the governor to get mass compliance with this new law.”

 

Leaders of some of the state’s 300 gun clubs, gun dealers and Second Amendment organizations are organizing the boycott — and the heaviest interest is in Suffolk County, the Capital District and the Buffalo region, sources said.

 

The organizers point to a little-known guarantee of gun ownership contained in New York’s own “Civil Rights Law,” which was ratified the same year as the Constitution. The state statute says the right to keep and bear arms “cannot be infringed” — stronger than the Second Amendment, which says it “shall not be infringed.’’

 

“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,’’ said State Rifle and Pistol Association President Tom King, a member of the NRA board of directors. “They’re taking one of our guaranteed civil rights, and they’re taking it away.’’

 

Olesen said he’ll soon launch a nonprofit, to be called Save the Second Amendment Foundation,’ to fight the new law.

[NicePants 58]

God bless them.

[Parker 213]

New Yorker's have a watershed moment before them.

[Secret Squirrel 3]

I will be following this intently, good luck to them.

[AnthonyG 36]

I just hope the cops realize how foolish Cuomo and the other political idiots at the top are being, and to not try and enforce the nonsense. I have a strong feeling people are going to get hurt if they start going to houses trying to confiscate the rifles and arrest the owners that don't register.

[flank 12]

I just hope the cops realize how foolish Cuomo and the other political idiots at the top are being, and to not try and enforce the nonsense. I have a strong feeling people are going to get hurt if they start going to houses trying to confiscate the rifles and arrest the owners that don't register.

 

I agree.

All these politicians & nonsense awb/anti-gun supporters should be sent to go do the confiscations and we'll see how long this "law" lasts

[Socom 19]

 

I agree.

All these politicians & nonsense awb/anti-gun supporters should be sent to go do the confiscations and we'll see how long this "law" lasts

. Yes very true statement

[DirtyDigz 1,812]

... I have a strong feeling people are going to get hurt if they start going to houses trying to confiscate the rifles and arrest the owners that don't register.

 

Where in the NY SAFE act does it mandate confiscation if a firearm is not registered? I thought the penalty for not registering under NY SAFE was a misdemeanor?

[ChrisJM981 924]

I just hope the cops realize how foolish Cuomo and the other political idiots at the top are being, and to not try and enforce the nonsense. I have a strong feeling people are going to get hurt if they start going to houses trying to confiscate the rifles and arrest the owners that don't register.

 

I went to the NJ2AS meeting last night and an English gentleman stated how it unfolded in England. First they send a letter stating you have certain firearms, and the govt. will compensate you for their forfeiture. Then they send someone to your door stating you must not have gotten the letter. A subsequent letter may follow stating you must comply. After that come the search warrants. They're going to attempt to get them little by little. The antis are aware an attempt at a sweeping collection would be hazardous to their health.

[ruger9 0]

Godspeed. Could be us soon. NY could be the 2nd "shot heard 'round the world" (hopefully only FIGURATIVELY)

[ruger9 0]

I went to the NJ2AS meeting last night and an English gentleman stated how it unfolded in England. First they send a letter stating you have certain firearms, and the govt. will compensate you for their forfeiture. Then they send someone to your door stating you must not have gotten the letter. A subsequent letter may follow stating you must comply. After that come the search warrants. They're going to attempt to get them little by little. The antis are aware an attempt at a sweeping collection would be hazardous to their health.

 

Did England have 47% of the homes armed? I see this operation as being virtually impossible in the US- there's no way they have the manpower to do it. Even with the military. 300 million guns in this country.

[Blacksmythe 71]

All they have to do is hold out until that POS legislation goes to court. A year is plenty of time.

[anactivegrenade 25]

Either one of two things will happen on April 15, 2014...

 

One. Very few people register their guns. Cuomo and the state police chicken out. Victory for gun owners.

 

Two. Very few people register their guns. The state declares income tax to be tripled to fund warrantless searches, confiscation, and the imprisonment of 10,000 newly convicted gun-owners criminals. NY state becomes the new Communist cesspool.

[JrzyGuy30 0]

Either one of two things will happen on April 15, 2014...

 

One. Very few people register their guns. Cuomo and the state police chicken out. Victory for gun owners.

 

Two. Very few people register their guns. The state declares income tax to be tripled to fund warrantless searches, confiscation, and the imprisonment of 10,000 newly convicted gun-owners criminals. NY state becomes the new Communist cesspool.

 

This

[cutterOne 0]

I have friends in NY. I don't know of any that would comply. Good for them!!!

[BCeagle 12]

Godspeed. Could be us soon. NY could be the 2nd "shot heard 'round the world" (hopefully only FIGURATIVELY)

 

You have to draw a line in the sand somewhere, the sooner the better and hopefully this is it. I never heard of a sheep being remembered in history.