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Violation of 4th amendment right. Self incrimination.
So was it or was it not truly postmarked prior to January 1, 2014?
My certified mail didn’t even arrive until the second (sent the 30th and properly post marked). I didn’t receive the return receipt until the 6th. I’m skeptical as well…
And so it starts………..
Fastest government response in history. This is what happens to the law-biding who attempt to comply. Those who applied a day late are now on record as owning illegal firearms and mags.
You beat me to it Pascal!
Another link, less detailed though.
http://norwalk.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/bridgeport-man-gets-norwalks-first-ticket-under-states-new-gun-law
Everything seems to have gone ok in this except for the officer telling him that he could not carry his gun and the reported pat down in the above link. I’d say over all the officer handled it better than I would expect from most CT cops, especially since he didn’t immediately volunteer that he was carrying a gun.
This is how it starts. Little letters. short and too the point “here is what you can do… but you are a criminal at the moment”
Then comes the knock… “we have a warrant” and its based on the fact that you sent the registration. Your house is tore apart (I dont care who serves the warrant, ever see a home after police search it?). and you have no recourse. One day you are perfectly legal. The next you are being arrested. Sickens me.
Yup. And this is the logical end result of a state that has voted for liberal politicians for 50 years or so.
The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.
Ayn Rand
And as a real world test case, it worked quite well for Stalin.
This can’t be legit. It breaks every known rule of how quickly multiple government offices can move. Not the least of which is the post office.
There is no rule of physic on the date you can put on a letter. Letter post marked after Dec 31st would be hit with this letter. All they are really saying is on that day, you are no longer in compliance. That is the date on the letter, not necessarily the date it was mailed to anyone.
This was posted on a Facebook page of a state rep — gun owner not in compliance will probably receive this letter starting this week.
Really, it is not magic, simple logic
Reads like something verbatim out of Orwell’s 1984, right down to the names of the government departments.
Terrifying and sickening at the same time.
I cordially invite all residents of CT to send me their long rifles and magazines and I will treat them with the respect and care they deserve.
I propose that the essence of the gun control arguments, and indeed the argument of any statist, is that any individual cannot be trusted. In the absence of that trust, laws and regulations must be passed to curtail that individual. This is not just true in regards to firearms but to many other things:
You cannot be trusted to not shoot up a school, so we will define them as gun free zones.
You cannot be trusted to know whether you are really at risk of rape, so we will keep you from carrying a gun.
You cannot be trusted to control your impulses, so we will disarm you.
You cannot be trusted to have learned your lesson, so we will strip you of your rights forever.
You cannot be trusted to know what is best for your own child, so we will tell you only that school is acceptable.
You cannot be trusted to make up your own mind, so we will ban that book.
You cannot be trusted to live with the consequences of your actions as an adult, so we will ban that drug (but not alcohol, because we like alcohol), will require you to wear a helmet, require you to wear that seat belt.
You cannot be trusted to understand difficult concepts, so we will make those decisions for you.
I would further contend that the genesis of this lack of trust is a lack of faith. Trustworthy people have faith in something bigger than themselves. It does not have to be in a supreme being. It can be faith in themselves, in their friends and neighbors, in the community. It can be for a principle or, dare I say it, a set of principles. I absolutely believe that faith in something is an important part of being human. People will, aware or unconsciously, clamor for something to believe in.
And if someone is faithless, the state will give them something to believe in: a benevolent master, the state, which demands so little, only obedience in their vision and directives. Believe in us, the state says. What they do not say is that if you believe in nothing, the state is all you have left.
Sorry for the long post. Am in a pensive mood today.
Sooo….when exactly does that whole “the police are our countrymen and would never enforce unconstitutional laws against us” thing kick in? Is that before the internment/concentration/re-education camps get set up or when?
Sure, a smattering of sheriffs have spoken out, filed suit, and written the occasional sternly worded letter, but to what real end?
At what point do people already convinced that they’re solely responsible for their own personal security, come to realize that they’re solely responsible for the country’s security against all enemies foreign and domestic?
“What they do not say is that if you believe in nothing, the state is all you have left.”
Almost but you left out a step in the progression. When people refuse to believe in something they end up believing in themselves. The state comes along with collectivist rule and self is abolished. Than only state is left to believe in.
AWB is my personal line in the sand to pack up and move out.
John
As an upstate NY (real upstate, as in the ADK park, not Albany) resident, I could not see myself buying into this. I’ve removed the muzzle brake (not “break” as stated in the un SAFE act) and put on a featureless stock so that my AR is now the equivalent (in the eyes of NY penal code) granpa’s old hunting rifle and thus, as a featureless AR does not require registration. why would any sane person want to put a faux 30 round magazine on their AR and draw attention to themself? its beyond logic. As a young man I had an encounter with the NYS po po one time (non gun related) and although i was not in violation of any laws, the works of the officer stucke with me “what you’re doing son is not illegal, but you have my attention”. Personally, i don’t want their attention and this faux magazine screams out for your un-informed neighbors to call the po po (thanks to the NYS snitch program of “if you see something, say something”) and the accompanying (up to) $500 reward if you say something and it results in a firearms conviction. not worth the aggravation.
Will people stop saying “likely unconstitutional”? This isn’t the first time I’ve heard that. Call it what it is: “Blatantly unconstitutional legislation passed and enforced by traitors to their oath.”
Pretty sure the rifle in the wonkette article is an air rifle. Built in can and such giving it away. They would probably really get their panties in a twist if they knew you could get an OMG SILENCED ASSAULT MURDER RIFLE off the shelf with no background check. Little birds and tins cans everywhere live in fear!!!
The SCAR’s reciprocating bolt handle doesn’t bother me enough to shell out $235 for a “fix.” Having said that, I think the way that HK addressed the issue via the G-36 may be a better solution.
The best part is that if by some glorious miracle a judge strikes this down or enough state seats are turned where reppeal is an option none this can be undone. Rendered inoperal guns wont suddenly become operational (if.you did it the way they want) sold off guns wont un-sell themselves, confiscated items wont be returned and anyone convicted from now until the impossible happens wont be un-convicted.
Overturn or repeal are essentially impossible and any damage done cannot be undone.
I can see how/why folks whose experience with modern military rifles is limited to the AR15 would find the recriprocating charging handle a bit off putting at first.
On the other hand, the RC CH has been used on:
M1 Garand
M1 Carbine
And of course it is used on the world’s longest running weapon assault rifle platform.
The AK47.
I have found it actually to be helpful in diagnosing the precise nature of a malfunction, which you can determine quickly by looking at where the CH is.
I’m not convinced it is actually a “problem” in need of a “fix” … but the free market is a great place and the more power to the GG&G crew.
M14!
It’s not lazy engineering, it’s good engineering as in a very good management of resources and compromises while avoiding over-engineering and feature-creep. That way you have a lower part count, simpler parts, more robust parts and cheaper parts, a very simple layout that is very simple to operate and service and a significant simplification of receiver design for production; that way resources from the monetary and “temporal” budgets can be relocated to other parts of the project. That thing up there is bulky, heavy and doesn’t solve the ambidextrous problem and probable takes longer to switch sides.
If the reciprocating charging handle bothers people that much and they are that stubborn to adapt, then a folding handle would be more sane approach.
I’ll pass, really don’t have a problem with the charging handle on my SCAR
Whatcha gonna do Connecticut? After seeing people lined up with hands in pockets and thumbs up butts to register their “assault weapons”, my guess is you are going to rrrrrooooollllllllllllll over.
“…it’s a unique solution to a nagging problem.”
If a reciprocating charging handle is a problem, why would one shell out the cash for a SCAR in the first place? As mentioned before, it was never really an issue on the AK, M1 Carbine, M1 Garand, M14, Sig 550-series, et al…
we will be winning when Shannon Watts ends up on a reality tv show with Dennis Rodman and other C list entertainers, gets eliminated early from the competition, and winds up stripping on the weekends at a VOFW hall . . .
I try to deduce the many abbreviations in here through context, but I’m not always successful. What’s OFWW again?
The civilian disarmament crowd are getting organized. Yes, today we can look at MAIG/MDA and laugh at the paltry numbers they get at their rallies. But they *are* organizing and they have a lot of money to work with.
Bloomberg is not stupid, do not underestimate him. If he is opting to continue bankrolling MDA it is because he thinks it’s a winning horse in the end. The gun control proponents have several distinct advantages: 1) Reliance upon emotional argument and impassioned pleas that sound much nicer than ‘It’s in the Constitution, damnit!’ 2) A media network that is very favorable to their cause, which gives them an almost unlimited advantage in PR/spin/message dissemination 3) Due to the complacency of previous generations the anti-gunners have become entrenched in certain parts of the country, and have been able to push their gun control agenda with relative ease to the point that it has become a cultural norm in several regions of the US 4) We have laws on the books at both the Federal and State level that need to be challenged vigorously, including the NFA, the GCA, and the FOPA, for starters. This will be costly and lengthy. 5) The OFWG image of the 2A crowd is easy pickings for pointing out racism, bigotry, ignorance, and conspiracy nuts (Yes, we know it is a gross exaggeration, but we also know there are certainly more than a few people that are strident pro-gunners that don’t exactly make us look like we’re out to protect everyone’s rights)
We need to work on that stuff before I can even begin to say that we are winning. At most we are fighting a strenuous rearguard action to stave off disaster. We are one death away from a 5-4 SCOTUS ruling that would go against Heller & McDonald. That is not winning. That isn’t even fighting the good fight. That is reliance upon the hope that a pro-2A Justice won’t shuffle off the mortal coil for the next few years. And that, my friends, is a very tenuous hope.
Never bet against a motivated Marine. My best friends little brother got out and damn can that kid shoot. Rifles, handguns, pretty much anything.
The Gun Owners Civil Rights Alliance (GOCRA) in St. Paul, MN just advised its members that MAIG and Thugs With Jugs have targeted Minnesota and four other states for the next gun confiscation (they call universal registration) attempt. This shit bag and his followers are not giving up, he is estimated to be work $25 BILLION dollars, so $2.5 million or even $25 million is chump change. We are not winning. Richard Carlbom has been hired by Bloomy to head up this task. Beware, they are still here.
I have my doubts about the reporter’s account that the Marine was trying to shoot the car’s engine block to put it out of commission.
If we are not winning, everyone here needs to ask, why not? If you absolutely know the answer, than DO something to convert the other side. We all don’t have Bloombergs’ money, but we do all have time. Time to talk to your Senators, take friends to the range or at least engage them in a meaningful conversation as to why they fear guns. My Son and I are taking the plunge and building an indoor shooting range this Spring. Imagine the opportunities we will have to meet and persuade the sheeple to give our side a try.Please, do something besides complaining on your favorite blog. Rant off.
M&p-22 and m&p 15-22 are not the same thing. Otherwise. Cool I guess.
Boring….
Before you really have or even feign Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, (PTSD) as suggested in this article you should know that if Obama has his way you’ll loose your second amendment rights and your weapons will be confiscated. Here’s an article about it;
Obama Proposes Massive Gun Ban by Regulation Fiat –
http://www.ammoland.com/2014/01/obama-proposes-massive-gun-ban-by-regulation-fiat/#
In our Constitutional Republic form of government, the governments primary responsibility is to protect your and my individual rights, (even the ones not in the Constitution) from all threats, and specifically threats from power hungry individuals within our governments and from other governments. There really is no other legitimate reason for government to exist or for us to pay, (taxes) for them to exist. We are not subjects, we are all equals, (even Obama is not our boss) and we need to remind/teach all of those who are ignorant of that fact often and with extreme volume, especially those in our government!
I’ve had one for about a year now, and really have fun shooting it. Great gun. I just can’t remember what color it is. Guess I’ll open the safe and look, or not. But the gun is great, whatever the color.
I just bought a S&W 1911 E-Series in the stainless there are scratches all over the one side of the trigger, talked to gun shop they said all of them had same marks, anyone else having this problem ??
I am scared the Court will uphold an AWB. We saw how Roberts upheld O’Care. Do people really think he’d strike down the AWBs?
Signed up for a few of the rifles and handgun ones; I’ve never won before, not expecting to now, but hey it took seconds.
Not the Jenny McCarthy I thought it would be.
In January 2012, McCarthy along with Senator Dianne Feinstein from California proposed a bill which would “ban the sale, transfer, manufacturing of importation of 150 specific firearms including semiautomatic rifles or pistols that can be used with a detachable or fixed ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds and have specific military-style features, including pistol grips, grenade launchers or rocket launchers.” McCarthy spoke on the bill saying, “The American people are on our side this time, and we do outnumber some of the people who are fighting against us this time”
Dianne Feinstein will be 81 in June hopefully we don’t have to wait much longer and this madness can finally end..
How are you supposed to get a good cheek weld with that jaw protector?
Bring this down to $75 and we will talk.