There seems to be a lot of introspection on the future of the Second Amendment floating around the blogosphere. Most of it centers around the Supreme Court's (non-) decision in Parker vs. D.C.
No sense in providing links to everyone - just take a gander at a good chunk of the blogroll. Plenty of thoughts out there; all of them good 'uns. Most, IMHO, are WAAAY too optimistic. So here's my decidely dour and "glass is half-empty" outlook.
In the "what would you do" corner, there's plenty of "cold, dead hands" talk. Which I don't doubt for a second; AAMOF, it's my personal mantra vis a vis confiscation. There are certain guns that will only leave my possession upon my demise. End of story.
But for the vast majority, I suspect confiscation would pan out exactly like it did in New Orleans: Orderly, door-to-fucking-door confiscation happened with nary a peep uttered against the jackbooted thugs sent to disarm the law-abiding.
We saw the New Orleans police force simply walk away. Some of the NO cops were caught on videotape looting Wal-Mart. They had to call in agencies from as far away as CA to come in and help restore some semblance of order to New Orleans.
And how did the powers-that-be decide to allocate the meager Law Enforcement resources? Two words: Patricia Konie. Burly CA state cops body-slamming a slight woman to the ground over her top-break .32. While looters were stealing anything that wasn't nailed down, cops from around the country were being asked to go door-to-door to take away firearms.
"No one is allowed to be armed. We're going to take all the guns" - Eddie Compass, NO Police Chief.
"If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an out right ban, picking up every one of them... 'Mr. and Mrs. America, turn 'em all in,' I would have done it. I could not do that. The votes weren't here." - U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Well, they did just that in New Orleans. The powers-that-be decided that the law-abiding residents thereof were not "allowed" to be armed, and tasked the law enforcement officers with confiscating all firearms.
And not a single shot was fired in opposition to this blatantly unConstitutional exercise.
New Orleans was a test. It was little more than a thinly veiled test run at a future confiscation scheme. A canary-in-the-coalmine, as it were. And not a single canary died.
Not with a bang, but a whimper does our Republic die...
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Dude, that's a grim outlook on things...
Homeboy needs hisself some akahall! It makes evvyting bettah!
I'm just sayin...
tweaker
Well, it's going be one DANGEROUS NOISY whimper around here...
It's a grim outlook, but one that carries more truth than 90 percent of the cold dead hands crowd.
Anyone can talk a big game when you are behind the computer screen or at the bar with your friends, but it's another thing completely when you have a squad of cops at your front door. Gun owners in our country are by and large law abiding folks, we know in our hearts what the 2nd means to us, but when Johnny Law starts knocking on your door who can say exactly what they will do in that instant. Will you listen to your heart and draw that line at your door that will not be crossed? Will you decide to go along so that your family is not involved in a shootout with a SWAT team? Will you give them the cheap revolver on your hip, but keep your shotgun/rifle hidden till they are gone? Or will you do your damndest to keep Johnny Law from your front door like those folks down in Waco tried to do?
I agree with Jay that most people will roll over and take what ever is dished out to them. Our society has become far too apathetic, ignorant, comfortable, or what ever else comes to mind to fight for personal liberty in a very personal way. It's one thing to say that you support the NRA and other groups like them. It's one thing to step up and accept a little personal responsibility for you and yours by being armed and prepared. It's another thing completely to be prepared to put your beliefs on the line in a way that could possibly cost you your life, or the lives of your children. As a whole I don't think most people are ready to take that step.
I can't say what I would do if this happened. I can't say what you would do if this happened. I can hope that I would do what is needed to defend my rights and my family's lives, but until I am in that moment all I can do is hope, and pray that I never have to find out what will happen if the moment does arrive at my front door.
Dead Canary
That'd make a helluva name for a hard-line gunblog. Just sayin' is all.
Jim
Sloop New Dawn
Galveston, TX
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