One of the reasons it took me so long to get a CCW is getting over the idea that I had to get governmental permission to carry concealed, but I’ve read the case law going all the way back to just after ratification of the Bill of Rights, and if I’m going to be consistent, I have to acknowledge that even back then there was a general consensus that open carry was lawful, and concealed carry wasn’t and could be regulated. OK, fine.

But not registration. That’s my line in the sand. And if they come to confiscate my firearms because I haven’t obeyed their unconstitutional law, then yes, that will be sufficient cause to open fire.

And I’ll die like Carl Drega or Marvin Heemeyer, to no greater effect than they had.

Just remember that the first battle of the revolution was over an attempt at confiscation.

Just sayin’

Well, yes. For now I can handle an M1 or Mini-14, but the pistol-grip AR, AK, FAL etc makes it much easier to hold and control with the arthritis in my hands and wrists. When my arthritis gets too bad, shouldn’t I be allowed to have a weapon I can use?

But someone answer me this: If an uninvited armed individual were to attempt entry to your residence, would you let them? Why does it differ if that individual is wearing a uniform and / or employed by the government?

That’s a decision people need to make for themselves. I wouldn’t presume to tell people what to do in that situation. For myself, if I can readily identify them as police, I won’t shoot, but I’ll demand to see the warrant. If I can’t identify them as police, we’re going to have a problem. But, you know, I’m a rather heavy sleeper. If the entry team were good I’d probably wake to six guys poking me with their AR-15s telling me to get the hell up.

My disagreement with laws, registration, etc. is that may of them turn law abiding citizens into criminals. Look at NJ’s recently passed .50 ban. All the previously legal hunters or collectors are instantly criminals if the fail to dispose of their lawfully purchased, owned, and utilized firearms.

If I cross the Delaware, and a stray hollow point is found (assuming I’d submit to a search -NOT) is found rolling around my range bag – instant felon. If I’m traveling to NH for an event and I stop for coffee in NJ or NY – instant felon. Especially if I have a “high cap” mag for whatever I’m transporting.

You made a point of people leaving NJ in droves. True, but thats not about rights and freedoms, it’s about cost of living. And if you follow the local political scenes and newspaper interviews, these NJ flights are slowly turning PA in to NJ, Look at the intrusion into privately owned businesses no longer able to make a decision if they want to allow smoking or not. Where do you think that started? Why do you think that it might end with a smoking ban?

In reference to roadblocks, yes I think they are unconstitutional and a bad idea, but driving on public roads is a privilege.

As said in an earlier post; do I think it’s time to start shooting it out? No. But someone answer me this: If an uninvited armed individual were to attempt entry to your residence, would you let them? Why does it differ if that individual is wearing a uniform and / or employed by the government?

As for the first amendment, our government says it’s against the law to broadcast material about a candidate for federal office 60 days before an election. That’s cutting to the very heart of what the second amendment is meant to protect! I think McCain-Feingold destroys the first amendment far more than California’s assault weapons ban destroys the second. The fundamental nut of the first amendment is that people have the right to criticize the government, and criticize those in power, so that we may discuss the merits of their continuing to occupy their seat at government. Once the government begins to shut down avenues of criticism of themselves, they are chipping away at its core purpose.

Yet… no calls for revolution. If McCain-Feingold were to come before The Court today, it would be tossed out. O’Conner was the 5th vote on that one, and she’s gone. I think we’ll get rid of it. It will just take time.

Too far? Absolutely. Justification for “shooting it out” over such registration? Absolutely not. Individuals shooting it out is NOT how to change Chicago, DC, NJ registration laws.

“Registration is a sufficient transgression to warrant shooting.”

If you had posed the question as follows, perhaps you’d have gotten more than 11%:

“Registration is a transgression sufficient to be opposed with all our political might.”