Cult of firearms incites disobedience

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11. It was widely predicted that many gun owners in New York State would refuse to register ...

their firearms. No surprise there.

Law enforcement has its hands full dealing with dangerous criminals. The street cop is not all that interested in arresting honest citizens who fail to comply with what they may view as a useless law.
Apparently some police chiefs and sheriffs in New York State also feel this way.

Some states such as Florida forbid registration of firearms.

The 2013 Florida Statutes
Chapter 790
WEAPONS AND FIREARMS

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The Legislature finds and declares that:
1. The right of individuals to keep and bear arms is guaranteed under both the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and s. 8, Art. I of the State Constitution.
2. A list, record, or registry of legally owned firearms or law-abiding firearm owners is not a law enforcement tool and can become an instrument for profiling, harassing, or abusing law-abiding citizens based on their choice to own a firearm and exercise their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed under the United States Constitution. Further, such a list, record, or registry has the potential to fall into the wrong hands and become a shopping list for thieves.
3. A list, record, or registry of legally owned firearms or law-abiding firearm owners is not a tool for fighting terrorism, but rather is an instrument that can be used as a means to profile innocent citizens and to harass and abuse American citizens based solely on their choice to own firearms and exercise their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed under the United States Constitution....emphasis added
4. Law-abiding firearm owners whose names have been illegally recorded in a list, record, or registry are entitled to redress.
(b) The Legislature intends through the provisions of this section to:
1. Protect the right of individuals to keep and bear arms as guaranteed under both the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and s. 8, Art. I of the State Constitution.
2. Protect the privacy rights of law-abiding firearm owners.
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0700-0799/0790/Sections/0790.335.html

The really sad part to this is that many New York State voters may vote against good Democrats over this issue and their vote may make the difference in close elections. The effort to register firearms in New York State may also cause Democrats to lose or not get seats in other states.

Many if not most gun owners believe that registration is the first step to confiscation. Little the gun control advocates can say will convince them otherwise.