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Finger-Wagging Liberal Hartford Courant

“If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies.”  —Karl Kraus

Hartford Courant BuildingThe Hartford Courant’s Friday editorial takes up the liberal finger-wagging cause of calling for law and order, calling those who have not registered their, “assault weapons”[sic] scofflaws. In an editorial entitled, State Can’t Let Gun Scofflaws Off The Hook, The courant editors write,

It’s estimated that perhaps scores of thousands of Connecticut residents failed to register their military-style assault weapons with state police by Dec. 31.That’s the deadline imposed by a tough bipartisan gun-safety law passed by the legislature last year in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.

“Tough bipartisan gun-safety law.” I call BS. When defining the word, “Bi-partisan,” one must have a proper political context. It is a well-known fact that Connecticut is dominated by a left-wing Kool-Aid slurping culture of progressivism. Republicans there are much like Blue dog Democrats; Yeah,  but not so much.  Connecticut gave us Lowell Weiker, John Rowland, and Jodi Rell…All of whom are progressive liberals, except for Rowland who is a run-of-the-mill crook.

The Connecticut Republicans are nothing but a bunch of spineless hand-wringing wimps. If ever there was a hill worth dying on, this was it. Instead, they ran like rats, and kept quiet for the sake of keeping their seats. The word, “conservative” in Connecticut is generally a punch line to jokes at parties. So much so, the left wing, lame stream media sees fit to wag their fingers at the royal subjects of Connecticut and chastise them for not registering their semi-automatic firearms labelled with the common misnomer, “Assault weapon.” The Courant continues,

“Although willful noncompliance with the law is doubtless a major issue, it’s possible that many gun owners are unaware of their obligation to register military-style assault weapons and would do so if given another chance.”

boot on throatIndeed. It is possible some gun owners might be unaware. But the fact is most gun owners are well-informed and the Courant could have simply stopped at, “willful noncompliance.” When arbitrary and oppressive laws are passed without the peoples’ consent, it is a natural reaction to throw off the yoke of tyranny in this fashion…civil disobedience. If the oppressive Commonwealth regime wants to make a large cross section of its populace felons, by virtue of an edict rammed through without their consent, it is resolve such as this that forces change.

And if this finger-wagging is not enough, the editorial suggests,

“Authorities should use the background check database as a way to find assault weapon purchasers who might not have registered those guns in compliance with the new law.”

Unless Connecticut has its own database, it is not likely the Feds are going to comply with such a request…for it is the Feds who NICS check “long guns” and the states, who NICS check “handguns.” Aside from not really knowing gun law,  the editorial takes on an, “us versus them,” flavor, almost suggesting a rabid, “Let’s get these people!”

On Monday, February 10, The Courant’s Dan Haar, in his column, “Untold Thousands Flout Gun Registration Law” writes,

Everyone knew there would be some gun owners flouting the law that legislators hurriedly passed last April, requiring residents to register all military-style rifles with state police by Dec. 31. But few thought the figures would be this bad.

Indeed. Did those who contemplated this law believe in earnest that citizens would take this draconian registration scheme laying down? These folks know human history well. Registration is nearly always a precursor to confiscation. We saw this take place all across Europe in the 1980’s and 1990’s. And when we remind people of this, the jokes about hats lined with tin foil come hitherto. It would appear that Commonwealth “subjects” have drawn a line in the sand.

The Courant Editorial closes with this nearly ominous-sounding set of warnings:

A Class D felony calls for a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $5,000 fine. Even much lesser penalties or probation would mar a heretofore clean record and could adversely affect, say, the ability to have a pistol permit.

If you want to disobey the law, you should be prepared to face the consequences.

This is a Final wag of the finger in the face of firearms owners. Law-abiding firearms owners until this arbitrary law was passed.

Ridiculous really….These leftist, gun-grabbing anti-second amendment newspaper elitists basically demonstrate for us their utter reliance and warm fealty to all things government. What they do not contemplate is how utterly silly that really is.

A couple of things happen when the Hartford Courant and its ilk waves their fingers in the face of citizens where the boot of government has already stepped on the back of their necks: They find a steely resolve to resist; There is power in numbers, and giving the government the proverbial finger.

If only 15% have registered their semi-automatic rifles, it is abundantly clear who the sheeple are. That is really all that means. There will always be those who submit to arbitrary government, no matter how arbitrary.

Sandy Hook was a tragedy of epic proportion. This tragedy hit hard at America’s core especially where we as a society so deeply treasure our children. But we must not ignore the fact that Connecticut already had some of the toughest gun laws in the country before Sandy Hook.

The Commonwealth of Connecticut does not want to face its real problem: Crime. These liberals will rest on their laurels misdirecting their crime problem onto an inanimate object…these amalgams of steel, composite carbon and aluminum we call “guns.” because that is easier than dealing with the core of the problem.

It is lazy and its about disarming the citizenry.  In Dan Haar’s February 10 column, Mike Lawlor, an undersecretary in the state Office of Policy and Management, said to the Courant, “The goal is to have fewer of these types of weapons in circulation.”

Connecticut is willing to have thousands of jobs and part of their economy leave their state in the commonwealth’s quest to pursue an anti-second amendment end. Major firearms manufacturers are now or have already, pulled up stakes and are leaving for states that welcome them with open arms.

Finally, These citizens refusing to register as the law requires are in the position of power.  Analogous to illegal immigration we need only look to Washington DC and the whole plight of illegal immigration. The Commonwealth’s finite resources will be far outstripped by the sheer numbers of those who choose not to comply. With a bit of passivity and an ounce of courage, these non-registrants win.  Inversely, if the state is resolved to enforce this registration law, they can only do so by turning Connecticut into a virtual police state. Imagine…Just a mere 10% prosecuted! that would raise the Police State specter, irrespective of this law, legitimate or not.

Good luck with that.

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