Posted on 02/28/2014 10:36:47 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Reports that the state of Connecticut is preparing to send out letters to gun owners with unregistered firearms has caused some to speculate the state may be preparing to engage in house to house gun confiscation.
The Capitalism Institute claims to have a copy of a letter officials in Connecticut are preparing to send out to residents in the state who have not yet registered their firearms with the state.
In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, the state passed a draconian gun control law which required all owners of what it deems “assault weapons” to register them with the state by Jan. 3 of this year. As part of the law, Connecticut broadened the term to include more than 100 different types of semi-automatic weapons. The law prohibits the sale of any new weapons that meet the definition, but the law contains a grandfather clause providing individuals submit personal information to a state registry.
However, to date, an estimated 100,000 owners with 350,000 weapons have yet to come forward, which has caused concern among state officials over the civil disobedience. The law also prohibits the purchase of magazines containing more than ten rounds; however the lack of serial numbers makes it impossible for officials to determine how many residents have them unless they register them. To date, slightly over 36,000 magazines have been registered out of an estimated 2 million.
With the deadline now passed, officials are pondering their next step.
The letter by the Capitalism Institute was supposedly sent to those who registered their guns after the Jan. 3 deadline. It says, “We are returning your application for assault weapon certificate and /or large capacity magazine declaration because it was not received or postmarked prior to January 1, 2014.”
The letter goes on say with their registration request denied the gun owner has several options including voluntarily turning over the weapon or magazine to law enforcement, removing it from the state, sell it to a licensed gun dealer or make it inoperable.
The Blaze reported that a spokesperson with the Special Licensing and Firearms Unit of the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection told them that although a letter has been drafted to send to gun owners found to be in possession of unregistered semi-automatic rifles deemed illegal by the state’s new gun control law, not a single one has been mailed out yet.
The spokesperson, who did not want to identify herself, refused to comment on the draft letter’s contents. When asked what other type of action the state plans to take, she referred the Blaze to the governor’s office.
If the letter turns out to be accurate, it would mean those who had their applications rejected are undoubtedly now in some type of government database with the information they submitted. This has caused some to express concern the government could go house to house and confiscate weapons. In New York, following the state’s new gun control laws that were also passed after Sandy Hook, police were able to target gun owners who possessed weapons that were previously registered in the state and legal, but were now considered illegal.
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Jack Minor is a journalist and researcher who served in the United States Marine Corps under President Reagan. He is a book editor and ghostwriter for JMPublications.com, of which he is also the founder. Also, he has written hundreds of articles and been interviewed about his work on many TV and radio outlets.
The ironic thing is that you can go to any inner city and buy whatever guns you want for the right price. Unregistered of course.
Molon labe
The answer to this question is "some of them are willing to do so - and they will".
The question after that is "what will people do in response to the killings?".
That is a much harder question to answer.
When “Officer Friendly” turns into JACKBOOTED THUG and tries to disarm you, it’s time to shoot him.
(Check your history to see what fate awaits the disarmed elsewhere iffen you think I’m nuts.)
The real question is... Are CT residents preparing for it?
That's the hypocrisy that infuriates me! If they challenged the gangs it might be dangerous.
What happens when one of these SWAT gestapo raiding team gets torn apart in a raid by someone who knows what they are doing in a firefight? What happens when they kill someone resisting?
As you said these SWAT teams and their families live among the people they would be arresting and or killing. At some point I can see where revenge killings could come into play, as we call it in the hills a “blood feud”.
It will be interesting to watch how this plays out. Possibly a test run for the tyrannical left to see if there will be resistance and to see if the police will follow the orders of their overlords and kill their neighbors and use the “I was just doing my job or following orders...” line of excuses.
I know you are sincere, however, both of those devices appear unwise as they require reporting to the feds. We should expect the dem feds to be very sympathetic to a state's efforts to enforce its gun control legislation, no matter how unconstitutional that may be. Let's see what happens with CA's challenge to the 9th's recent decision on that state's gun control program.
i would love the mofos to come and get mine
nice quotes
they should be posted more often
I think they're already nipping that one in the bud. The state will have girls and guys working neighborhoods where they know nobody; or bring in out of staters who have no emotional connection to a particular region of CT.
This is uncharted territory so they'll want to minimize the chance a minion will get ‘cold feet’.
They ARE NOT that smart.
These dip$&!ts are going to touch off a powder keg and the results WILL NOT be pretty.
There is a positive that can come from it. If there is blood shed, it could trigger the revolution. I don't think however, we have the same mettle as a people that previous generations had. We are a bunch of talkers. We fold quickly.
“Is Connecticut preparing for gun confiscation?”
Yes, they are.
Can you say: Hello, Civil War!
Note to gun grabbers: Civil wars are NOT civil. Civil wars have a life of their own that cannot be contained or managed or fought with an assured victory.
This could be a spark. The state better stand down before things get out of hand.
One dead SWAT team and it will be over.
Amen.
Actually, this is pretty well-charted territory. We have plenty of examples both historical and contemporary, of how this can play out. (cf. Ukraine, Venezuela, Argentina, Bolivia, Egypt, Syria, 1930's Germany, 1900's Russia, 1790's French Revolution, 1776 American Revolution)
There are plenty of tactical and strategic lesson plans for all sides. A common theme that reoccurs is that "victory is never certain, never complete, and never permanent".
Yes - it can all happen here too.
People should review the specifics of the Guizman (sp?) assault in Easton CT several years back.
It took the combined SWAT-trained officers from six different towns to take down a single house presumed to contain two armed suspects.
The truth is that there aren’t enough officers, let alone SWAT officers, to go after a small fraction of the ~100,000 CT residents who ignored the directive to comply with this law. And the ONLY way to effect confiscation is to go after everyone at the same time.
So after the first evening’s raids we’ll see escalating levels of armed resistance. Within a couple/few days the cops are going to refuse to obey orders and then what? Call in the national guard?
It’s going to get real ugly, real fast. Nobody really wants it, but the Libs are too dumb to see the sad and regrettable inevitability of it should they decide to initiate then escalate?
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