In February of 2014, Dan Haar of the Hartford Courant wrote an article, "Untold Thousands Flout Gun Registration Law". This article highlights the futility of such registration schemes, which serve only to inconvenience law abiding citizens, waste the resources of law enforcement and create felons out of otherwise law abiding people.
Due to the recent calls for more of the same, and worse, outright bans, across the country, Mr. Haar's article bears repeating. Also worth considering, is how such laws would be enforced, if even they are enforceable; as we know, criminals do not obey the law, and as the article points out, even otherwise law abiding citizens will engage in civil disobedience toward unjust, unconstitutional laws.
It is greatly feared by many gun owners, and non-gun owners alike, that that needless bloodshed could occur if and when the government attempts to forcibly uphold such laws. Not just the blood of the gun owners, but the blood of law enforcement personnel and that of innocent spouses and their children!
Should it come to that, blood will lie on the hands of
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| Photo by Bill Boylan, Rally at the capital, 20Apr13 |
It is greatly feared by many gun owners, and non-gun owners alike, that that needless bloodshed could occur if and when the government attempts to forcibly uphold such laws. Not just the blood of the gun owners, but the blood of law enforcement personnel and that of innocent spouses and their children!
Should it come to that, blood will lie on the hands of
