Apparently NY is looking at adding more gun laws and more restrictions on law-abiding people. One of his comments is a bit worrisome…
In the interview, Mr. Cuomo did not offer specifics about the measures he might propose, but, while discussing assault weapons, he said: Confiscation could be an option. Mandatory sale to the state could be an option.
I seem to remember that the British tried something along the same lines. They marched through a place called Lexington on the way to do just that in a place called Concord. Something happened.
If they come for them, it’s not time to bury them, or time to say you lost them in a boating accident. If the Founding Fathers would have done that, well, we’d be British.
We aren’t. We are Americans. The men of that day drew a line, and defended it. The result was a new world of freedom, protected by a Bill of Rights, and a limited government bounded by a Constitution. I still think more of us believe in those ideas than are willing to throw them all away.
Please Mr Cuomo, and others that think like you. Turn away from this self-destructive course you are on before it’s too late. Embrace your heritage as an American and honor the Bill of Rights, or go somewhere else. They went your way in Australia, try there.
Don’t try to make America something it isn’t. The consequences of your attempt may be very different than you imagine.
UPDATE:
Someone sent the following…
Said it before, saying it again. They could disarm most of this country without incident because most gun owners don’t care THAT much, and aren’t going to risk the prospect of wishing their kids a “happy birthday” through 3 inches of plexiglass while some felon breathes down their neck.
I wonder. I know that there were many, many discussions on both sides before the colonists finally said enough. I bet many of those discussions, in pubs and courthouses, sounded a lot like the discussions here.
I know that there are people that realize that there is a line, and if crossed won’t be worrying about what you postulate.
Charleton Heston famously quoted “From My Cold Dead Hands”.
If they actually come for them, I know that as for me, the rallying cry will be “Let the cold, dead hands be theirs”. I’m no John J. I’m not a superwarrior. I’m not high speed, low drag. But I am like those men at Lexington and Concord so long ago – a man. I love liberty. To me, giving up what was so hard fought for would not be worth living for. Better to fight for freedom than to die in chains.
“The Minstrel Boy” comes to mind.
I keep hoping they will turn away from this madness, before the consequences of their actions bring about what I feel will come. I really hope they do.