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Hawkflyer wrote:
Pamiam wrote:
I have to wonder just how many LE/MIL would act on firearms confiscation orders. Most of the ones I know would quit the force first.
Well I certainly would. There are a lot of things that go on that may not reach the threshold of "is this the hill you want to die on.' But confiscations of firearms on a national scale is that hill, because it is the first step to loss of all the other rights.
That's why there will not just be a direct confiscation of firearms. The would-be tyrants that would take away our liberties and turn us from citizens to subjects know this would spark a revolution/civil war/insurrection against the federal government.
They will do it incrementally. Banning just the importation of certain firearms first (already done with the GCA of 1968), then expanding the classes of "prohibited" people (non-violent felons, people with history of so-called "mental illness" and those with restraining orders, they've already done that too). Next they'llban the sale of certain classes of "dangerous" firearms after swaying public opinion that they're a threat to a safe, civilized society. they'll try requiring registration and/or licensing, and onlyafter thatwill they actually trybanning the possession of some arms, followed by confiscation of those that have been registered.
Confiscation of privately owned arms not the first step. The first steps have already been taken.
Confiscation is the END of the beginning. The closer we allow ourselves to get to confiscation, the harder it will be to resist.
That's why there's some groups of citizens out there that are not going to sit idly by and wait for the end. They're not going to stand for another Assault Weapons Ban by the federal government. I'm sure our Senators and Representatives have seen the warnings by now and I really hope they take the promises seriously, because if they pass another AWB, I'm afraid those elected representatives that vote for it will be voted out of office from the rooftops.
...Orygunner...
