“Gun owners in Connecticut registered about 50,000 assault rifles before the Jan. 1 deadline, state public safety officials reported Friday as they drew close to completing the task of processing reams of related paperwork,” ctnewsjunkie.com reports. “That rough estimate comes more than two weeks after the deadline to register banned rifles and ammunition magazines — steps required by last year’s gun control legislation passed in response to the Sandy Hook shooting.” Reader CTsheepdog wonders . . .
“How is that there were 50,000 rifles registered versus less than 40,000 LCM’s [large capacity magazines] declared? Second, how do we reconcile 50,000 rifles against an official state analyst group suggesting over 370,000 rifles back in April 2011? And the same report estimated well over 1 million LCMs in CT back in early 2011. [Click here to read.] Either the Department of Emergency and Public Protections initial hand-count estimate is off by a factor of 10X or more, OR there is MASSIVE noncompliance going on in CT right now.”
In either case, it’s only a matter of time before confiscation begins. Then what?
I guess it’s time to start building the camps. Hahahaha. Karma.
I just picked up a black one with night sights for $459 off gunbroker. Haven’t put my paws on it yet. Looking forward to it. Might paint the frame FDE if I can’t find one of these.
Too late. I have sworn off supporting the bed wetting liberals of Hollywood.
And what percentage of crimes are committed with these ghost guns? I suspect this is another case of trying to punish pre-crime.
This can’t be real. I refuse to believe that a group of humans elected this man to represent them.
This guy says they want to add serial numbers to antiques that never had them? Yeah, that’ll fly. Another thing. Those rifles were not illegal because they were built in a grage, they were illegal because their features did not comply with California law. One for example was a SBR, and we can’t have NFA items here. I don’t know what was wrong with the “sniper rifle.” Further, although it is easy enough o drive to another state to buy them, it is already illegal to have magazines with greater than 10 round capacity (yeah, yeah, with an exception for grandfathered mags). LAst but no least, he kept holding up an aluminum lower–since when is such an item “undetectable”?????
By the way, the reason he keeps getting elected is (if you hadn’t noticed) a Hispanic from Southern California. the Hispanics vote democrat, and they vote for their own. Until he is term limited out, he is one of the most vocal and powerful gun banners in the state. He is also trying to reintroduce an ammo registration bill with his anti friends.
I am so confused. Why did the Army side with the Templars? If the Army rolls in and disarms the citizens, it will roll out in a few days or weeks, leaving the people unarmed–again. Why does this not make any sense?
Or maybe it does. Is the government terrified of what an armed populace will do?
That college case could get quite interesting for me, as I will be attending college and living in a dorm this next fall.
Word on the street is that LEO’s from ban states are already having to traffic banned magazines illegaly into their own juresdictions simply to maintain adequate preparedness proving both the law of unintended consequences and that beaurocrats are morons!
Yo dawg we heard you like AR’s so we put an AR on your AR. You’ve officially been pimp’d.
Shitty situation, but justified shooting. Not much else could of been done. There is no perfect or correct ‘call’ in this situation. It just exists and at any time the man could of dropped the knife. It was his choice to get shot.
Just read your analysis and also read the decision. I see a few things in your writeup that seem incorrect.
“Jason wanted AAC to be treated like another “plant,” like Remington or Marlin or Bushmaster, with Remington HQ as the head of operations. But Scott Blackwell at Freedom Group told him in no uncertain terms that AAC would remain a separate entity.”
That is not how I read it. I think it says that Jason wanted AAC to be a separate P&L and the President of Remington wanted it to be another plant. I think you have it backwards. He resigned because there was no plan to keep it independent.
“but the lack of evidence to support Freedom Group’s assertion that the guns were Kevin’s makes it a moot point.”
It was a moot point, according to the judge’s decision, because Kevin was present during that photo shoot. So Kevin could have admitted they were his.
“Freedom Group and Remington had conspired to find a way to fire Kevin in order to save $4 to $8 million that he was due as performance incentives and pay.”
My read of the decision is that Jason was the only person who wanted Kevin fired and it was due to unprofessional behavior and insubordination. Money was mentioned but that seems to have been to build consensus rather than the reason.
Just remember, no matter where you go, what you do or what you write. There will always be an awhile around.
Buy it while you can.
I carry 9mm short I mean .380 – I have a friend on the Warrior Forums who can stop the round with his biceps, though. He says its an OK round for a girl. I can de-ice my car door locks with it when the next Polar Vortex comes.
I guess I won’t be able to put a fist sized hole in Thor from 100yds when the Gunfights in the Streets of America come, though.
Well actually by then I plan to be wearing a MOLLE vest covered in .45s with stupid-stick 34 round mags and +P+ ammo anyways, so I can dual hand it and toss ’em aside with pinache when done.
I also plan to remove the pins of grenades with my teeth.
I will wear a bandanna as well, and show a lot of oiled cleavage.
Michelle, can I be your gun bearer/ammo hauler when the apocalypse starts? I’ll keep a can of oil handy.
I carried a Bravo for many years, it doesn’t need to be lighter you girls just need to be stronger
I saw that & have to say that it should take the “stupidest of show” award!
And stays think they can pressure gun manufacturers in to answering “common sense gun safety questions” to sell to LEOs…
They’re giving up a chunk of their profits to prove a point. Should be interesting.
9mm carbine version that takes Glock mags plz?
It’d be nice if SOMEBODY made enough of them that they’d actually be in f–king stock when I went shopping :/
Apparently its only lawful CCW’s that scare everyone.
I find it ironically disgusting that after all the years we California Gun Owners have supported the Gun Lobbies (whose efforts benefit the Gun Makers as much as the Gun Owners) that Smith & Wesson, Ruger and others are willing to f*ck us and walk-away. I recognize the “required micro-stamping technology” was designed by the civilian RKBA haters in Sacramento as an unfeasible technology which would result in exactly what is happening.
I fully expect these Gun Makers will continue to supply the Law Enforcement Agencies In California and regard the loss of sales to “ordinary citizen” purchasers as “acceptable losses”. In the end only the Law-Abiding Citizen Gun Owner (or aspiring gun owner) gets hurt…what a surprise!
Somehow Pointon pleads out to reckless endangerment and possession of a prohibited weapon???
Seems like there is a heck of a lot of information we don’t know about this case.
Why is it reckless endangerment? Why could he not convince the judge on self defense? (Perhaps because there were no grounds for the self-defense defense, and thus it was reckless endangerment drawing his pistol for no justified reason) Where is the prohibited weapon, if he has a firearm permit?
You know, it might help to get all the facts before you speak about a subject. Not just, guy tried to defend himself from a speeding wreckless cop and now got his gun taken away along with his gun carry rights FOREVER!
Sounds great to anti police anti govt people, but facts would be good too.
So the panhandler has money for ammunition, eh…?
I realize this is an old article however for those that may stumble upon it. I have had a Military DOD Sticker on my front window since 2001 and a Springfield Armory american flag sticker that says “Oldest name in firearms” that came with my 1911, on my car forever, and have never been broken into even after parking in the ghetto of LA, San Diego, San Francisco, all over Washington state andTacoma ect….. So I think its just random bad luck and paranoia on your part to believe the sticker caused the break in. For all you know if the thieves had seen the sticker they might have been deterred from breaking into your car by the idea you may be watching and or carrying. By the way, Stickers do not break windows, people do. I live in Orange County California and have seen lots of NRA stickers on peoples cars. I think people that try to ward you off from the NRA or other gun sticker being on your car are probably trolls and others with an anti constitution agenda and do not want people to realize just how many people are on the right side. I think if everyone put the sticker on their car it would make the communists realize where they live and that their efforts are futile. It might demoralize that group instead of giving them the illusion of power and keeping our side quiet and in fear.
Just hours ago terror procedures our govt put in place packed thousands of game goers into subway tunnel. No genius thought this “might ” have consequences. Multiple people had to be evacuated by the same emergency services that put the plan together and were hospitalized. I am sure these wunderkins will get awards and praise for saving the super bowl from terror. Oh and they will also get lots of overtime and their agencies will get increased budgets. Anyone see how f’d up this all is.
It’s been awhile since I read the Sum of all Fears, and I didn’t remember it being the Superbowl, but the Skydome and a lot of Denver bit the big wienie and the government generally blew it big time.
Yeah, there were points of brilliance on the part of Ryan and Company, but in terms of numbers the bad guys won.
Hardly a “trust in them” message.
If Loesch is a paid “shill” does that make Shannon the paid shrill?
I like the sig sauer p320 but i was expecting
from yourcompany A more powerful calibre like a .40 or .45
My wife bought hers & is seriously loving it. For another look at the 42, Jerry Miculek devoted almost an hour to a “review” of sorts & even did some “long distance shooting”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZOkPAET86c
I thought it was interesting how Jerry had to modify his grip to get on target.
Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should…
Nothing will happen if the confiscations go with no felony charges being filed against the hold outs. people are not going to rebel when they can still buy shotguns, rifles and handguns, just not assualt rifles.
Assualt rifles are not the tipping point. Until you adversely affect soccer moms you’re not going to get a rebellion. Isolated incidents like Ruby ridge, Waco and the Huttaree militia are not enough to push mainstream folks over the edge.
Wonder how many cops are gonna be willing to take a bullet for some bullshit and stupid rule?
Wow. You can almost see the foam around his mouth. Well we know “what kind of people” are allowed in New York, according to Cuomo.
Reminds me of the “bitter clinger” comment by Obama in a private fund-raiser in San Francisco.
A divider, not a uniter.
PS: apologies for slightly OT, but NY related…
More Cracks in the MAIG’s already shaky foundation:
http://www.examiner.com/article/maig-removes-members-list-from-website-after-bloomberg-embarrassment-exposed?CID=examiner_alerts_article
There is more to this story, and none of it good…
Mayor James Schiliro was threatening to shoot the 20yr old if he didn’t perform oral sex on him…Mayor James Schiliro is a pig of the worst kind, a “dick”tator of his fiefdom…
As fast as they can put them up, I can shoot them down, so bring it…
They can take you out from six miles away before you could even see it in your scope.
I hate to break it to the Gov, but Catholics (that is, him) are pro-life and much of the resistance to gay marriage comes from the African American and Latino community.
But John Edwards is bummed. Looks like he’s about to be lose his “Biggest Douche in the Universe” award.
Il Duce 2.0
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
– Abraham Lincoln
“All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.
It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.”
…FRANK HERBERT, Chapterhouse: Dune
+1 to Skyler
Ancient Chinese proverb
Kill one man to terrorize a thousand
Andrew, azende me. Tuzeprovenos sfachim!
All bullpups should use hydraulic actuators in the trigger mechanism, not flexing rods or squeaking metal sheets.
The reason they don’t are either that someone holds a patent dear or that they’ve never thought of the idea.
If it is the latter, the idea & concept is with this in the public domain and can’t be patented anymore. So get cracking, gunmakers! 🙂
Folks keep pointing to the California model of confiscations – but keep in mind the massive non-compliance with Roberti-Roos in that state as well. There are tens of thousands of unregistered firearms in the state and they know it, and with the SKS debacle as an example, the politicians know full well that any other paths of registration will also see significant non-compliance.
Hi, this is David from Poland, BRS-99 used to by my favourite weapon.
Is it configurable? Apart from MIL1913 rail, no.
Is it reliable? Most of the time.
Is it accurate? Most of the time.
Spare parts available in US? Probably no.
Does it look good? It does.
Is it fun to shoot? Definitely!
Current price in Poland is 3567 PLN, which is 1158 USD (tax included).
I do not know about the procedure of exporting firearms to USA, but I have a friend who owns a firearms business (and all proper licences), so I will ask him. If anyone of you is interested in buying it, let me know. My e-mail address is dawid.szkudlarek at gmail.
Way to be tolerant of other points of view Governor!
CT must have some for profit jails that aren’t over 100% capacity yet.
I don’t think they’ll stop at 100% capacity, do you?
“Stupid is, as stupid does”
Blah, I was not being serious, I was being sarcastic – Sorry you missed this.
Notice the term “weasel words” at the beginning of my post.
Notice the quote marks around “non-gratuitous”
Notice the quote at the end of my post.
“He’s like an idiot savant without the savant part.”
Nedd
Kokesh didn’t deserve prison for exercising his Second and First Amendment rights. He carried a shotgun in DC as an act of protected political speech.
While Kokesh may be a self-aggrandizing dope, he deserves to have his rights respected as much as our esteemed Attorney General respected the rights of New Black Panthers to intimidate voters at polling places in Philadelphia.
Il Douchebag is living proof that the fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree.
That’s not how you shotgun a beer.
I got nuthin.
+1 My vote for best snarky comment.
I became an owner of a U.S. Springfield Armory-1898 through a death of a neighbor. I don’t know much about it, but I’m reading lots of good things from all on you. As of now, I don’t know what size shell it takes. A 30 cal. will fit into the chamber nice but I don’t know if it’s the right shell to shoot. Guess I will better take it to Cabelas and have it checked out?
Meh, his hand wasn’t any closer to the muzzle than when I shoot half of my handguns and it should be pretty easy to tell if the glass is broken.
I bought my Colt Match Target (AR15) in CT many years ago, before I headed south. It came with two 8 round magazines. So maybe most of the AR owners just have 10 round magazine, honest officer.
Personally if I still lived there I would register 100 magazines and continue to buy them out of state.
Mr. Kim’s job at the iPhone factory finally allowed him to move into a luxurious 150 sqft. studio appartment and buy all the things he imagined a big-city guy would own, and no one was going to take it away from him.
I have been looking for a 2022. It seems the price has really goneup on these. $520 with the night sights is all I can find. I might just wait for his one though.
Kent State is a good analogy, tho it wasn’t meant as one:
when you push armed folks up against a wall, (or chain link fence,)
someone’s gonna get hurt.
Mexico is a failing state. The govt is corrupt with little to no control. They are being over run with illegals from central america. They have tried to seal their southern border which has so far failed. If we think we have a problem with illegals now, just wait to see what happens if a full-blown civil war breaks out. This is really a sad situation with no easy answer. I cannot imagine our govt being able to help. The failing UN will also be no help.
The last revolution they had, millions died. If it turned into a civil war; millions more would die. Yep. nothing would be civil about it.
“How can you have a civil war?” ( What was the comedian that said this? His name is on the tip of my tongue.)
I don’t know who said that but Axel Rose said “What’s so civil about war anyway?” at the end of the song (Civil War by Guns’n’Roses).
Think we might be closer to a failed state then we want to admit.
Problems South would be another reason to secure the border
The cartels aren’t using recreational drugs, they are in a high volume high value commodity biz and dont care about rules
war crimes? folks hanging from bridges? headless bodies? mass graves? I think they are already happening.
What they have now is not a government of the people. The government is yet another faction in a land of wide spread corruption. I believe there needs to be government/militia cooperation. Instead of disarming, the Militia and government should be working together and keeping each other honest. Mmmm, I wonder where else government/public cooperation could be effective.
I’m kinda thinking the people in Connecticut need a march in numbers like we see in the photo above although maybe not armed.It would probably be good to show just how many are against those stupid laws.
It’s been in my pocket since I got it several months ago. My new favorite, and I’ve got more than 50 Spydies to choose from.
In order to “Confiscate” they would need to know who has what and where… Thus the main reason up to 370,000 people here in CT. did not comply with this ridicules law or as they see it “Request”.