The full line from the US Declaration of Independence is: “That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” Meaning that the American philosophy that we allow ourselves (we give our consent) to be governed by our elected Representatives. Which also means that there can be a time where that consent, if given in the past, can be withdrawn in the current period or some time in the future? Are we starting to see a tipping point where that consent is starting to be withdrawn? We have already heard from Connecticut and have commented on the situation there that it seems that the vast majority of gun owners have decided that they do not consent to the odious firearm statutes that have turned law abiding citizens into Class D felons simply for having purchase something that was legal in the past and are now illegal. And that has declared them to be on the same moral level as sex offenders (for having to register with the State).
We heard that in NY that other gun owners are in non-compliance with the hastily passed SAFE Act that equals the regulations in Connecticut and those in NJ are starting to do the same:

