April 15th is the deadline for New Yorkers to register their ‘assault weapons’, but instead most are choosing to be branded criminal and some are even joining in now-ceremonial burning of registration forms.
Estimates suggest that as few as 3,000-5,000 of the estimated 1-2 million firearms that have been redefined as “assault weapons” have been registered under Governor Cuomo’s NY SAFE Act.
What are they thinking? That we will just line up and voluntarily give up our rights? Probably these laws are now just going to sit on the books until we are in a full-blown civil war – enforcement will take place when patriots will be using them against the government.
The April 15 deadline to register firearms deemed “assault weapons” under Governor Cuomo’s NY SAFE Act has been met by hordes of New York Gun owners not rushing to register firearms, and the ceremonial burning of registration forms.
Unofficial estimates suggest that as few as 3,000-5,000 of the estimated 1-2 million firearms that have been redefined as “assault weapons” under New York’s utterly arbitrary and blatantly unconstitutional law
have been registered. Literally dozens of gun owners in the state of 19.57 million (2012) residents will take the opportunity to register today.New York’s citizen control groups are taking the news as expected, with raging denial:
With the deadline set to take effect, the head of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence — one of the SAFE Act’s biggest proponents — said gun owners should be expected to follow the law.
“They can make all the noise they want, but the law is the law,” said Leah Gunn Barrett, the group’s executive director. “The New York SAFE Act was passed by a bipartisan legislature, signed by Gov. Cuomo well over a year ago. It’s being implemented, and people are expected to comply with the law.”
Aren’t their delusions adorable?
Here in reality, owners of the firearms affected by the ban are choosing open defiance. Non-compliance of the ban is expected to be between 90%-99%, but a provision in the NY SAFE Act prevents registration data from being shared with the public.
Non-compliance in the neighboring state of Connecticut is thought to be in excess of 85%, with an estimated 80,000-100,000 gun owners refusing to register their firearms. Connecticut State Police have made no move to enforce their law four months after their registration deadline, fearing possible armed resistance.
Conservative estimates are that at least 300,000 and as many as one million New Yorkers will likewise practice civil disobedience and refuse to comply with the registration requirement.
register $#%&!@* politicians first.
NY’ers do what you have to do. we support you either way.
this will just tell the thugs who not to pick on
Good For You New Yorkers,You Are Not The Criminals.It’s Those Hypocrits And Dictators In The White House.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Might as well burn the flag
Will be interesting to watch. If one person or even a couple of hundred persons ignore a wrongful law, not much will happen but if thousands ignore it how will the same government that passed it enforce it. I feel the same way about the Feds spending more than it takes in. What would happen if everyone simply refused to pay their taxes? Would they then put 300 million people in jail?
Locked and loaded in Michigan.
Cuomo is a liberal stupid fool keep the hell out of Georgia you and all the other fools stay in NY
It’s not fail it’s not a law it’s a Right to Bear arms it’s freedom
Do the idiots that wrote and passed this law and the ??governor that signed it into law even know what an assault weapon is? The vast majority of gun owners do not, repeat do not have assault weapons…oh wait, if I pick up a club and beat on someone that would make it an assault weapon and make me guilty of an assault, would it not??? I understand that most of the asault weapons in NY are owned by the police and the bad guys who will not obey this stupid law anyway.