Three examples of pushback against the ruling class.
Glenn Harlan Reynolds
Opinion
USA Today
2/23/2014
America’s ruling class has been experiencing more pushback than usual lately. It just might be a harbinger of things to come…
…in Connecticut a massive new gun-registration scheme is also facing civil disobedience. As J.D. Tuccille reports:
“Three years ago, the Connecticut legislature estimated there were 372,000 rifles in the state of the sort that might be classified as ‘assault weapons,’ and 2 million plus high-capacity magazines. … But by the close of registration at the end of 2013, state officials received around 50,000 applications for ‘assault weapon’ registrations, and 38,000 applications for magazines.”
This is more “Irish Democracy,” passive resistance to government overreach. The Hartford (Conn.) Courant is demanding that the state use background-check records to prosecute those who haven’t registered, but the state doesn’t have the resources and it’s doubtful juries would convict ordinary, law-abiding people for failure to file some paperwork.
Though people have taken to the streets from Egypt, to Ukraine, to Venezuela toThailand, many have wondered whether Americans would ever resist the increasing encroachments on their freedom. I think they’ve begun.
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