When that day does come (God, may it be long after I am dead), the vast majority of us will go along quietly. The mantras will be, "better to register and keep them, than invite confrontation and lose them, or home, loved ones or life itself" or "live to fight another day"...as if anyone would. Just like the majority of members here in this forum who believe it's prudent to take a politically correct stance on open carry at political events (not to open that dead conversation again), most of us are frogs in the ever warming water. Appeasement will be the order of the day, and even the beloved NRA will advise us to cooperate with the authorities, while of course peacefully voicing our extreme displeasure.
At that time, the first man to confront the authorities on this issue will no doubt be as quickly cast to the wolves by our own as by our enemies, using the very same argument as the one used in the case cited above. God forbid we exercise or defend a God-given right at the risk of offending some soccer mom's gun sensibilities, and of course, we must always operate within the law (or, as is more often the case today, even the color of law), lest we be branded "nut-balls" (perish the thought!).
As for our police and standing army, I have every confidence that they will faithfully carry out the orders of their commanding officers (at the expense of their sworn oath). When given the choice, very few will risk the security of their own lives, wives and children to stand on a principle, no matter how core it is to our way of life. History repeats itself. Their response is predictable and well documented.
We are losing, and will inevitably lose this war. The time for us to have definitively secured the right (which should have never come in to question in the first place), has long since passed us by. The minor battles we think we've won recently have little to do with securing a right, on the contrary, they've only managed to reduce what was a right into a government controlled and taxed privilege. And we all do love our little privilege permits so much, don't we? So likewise, we will all cherish our new certificate of registration, which records each of our firearms. And every year, we will gladly render unto Caesar, that which is Caesar's (That'll be $35 for each long gun, and $60 each for each handgun...please make your check payable to the BATFE and include your SS# on the check. Failure to pay on time could result in confiscation of your firearms and permanent loss of your right to keep and bear arms [as if one existed]).
As if.
Your humble nut-ball,
Fitz
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