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dairydog91

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11. This source strikes me as being on par with InfoWars.
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 05:50 PM
Oct 2015

Really, no sources? Bullshit-o-meter is going off.

Course, part of the reason that the BS-meter is pinging is because CT law enforcement didn't really give much of a damn about the previous assault weapons ban (The CT state one was in place since the 90s). I don't know why they'd start caring now. The same dynamics are in place. The state legislature doesn't want to spend actual money or effort on a roundup. Even a single Ruby Ridge incident is probably more than state law enforcement or the governor's office wants to take on. There isn't really a "registry" to speak of if they wanted to go out and confiscate rifles.

Cops, especially in the rural areas where gun ownership is prevalent, tend to recruit from a pool of applicants who are disproportionately pro-gun. If you are paying your taxes and aren't hosting rip roaring domestic disputes on Friday nights, they aren't about to kick down doors. Especially so, for that matter, in the Newtown area, which along with neighboring towns is full of wealthy and VERY wealthy people. Local cops in that area are usually on some pretty sweet salaries and pension plans. Like hell they're going to piss off the local electorate by conducting door-to-door SWAT searches of bankers, corporate lawyers, surgeons, and engineers.

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