Two stories out of (formerly) Great Britain – the model for “gun control” for the hoplophobic.
One:
The most recent, a man travels to the U.S. and posts pictures on social media of him exercising a right which is denied to him at home: He’s photographed (awkwardly) holding firearms.
IT consultant arrested ‘for posing with a shotgun in Florida’
He returns to the UK. He is visited by the PoPo. He explains that he doesn’t own any firearms. He was in the Land of the Free, where it’s common to own and shoot guns. They go away.
They come back, seize all of his electronic devices (which he needs to do his job in IT) and arrest him “on suspicion of possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.” After thirteen weeks the charges are finally dropped, but his business is destroyed.
The punishment is the process.
Two:
The wife of a registered gun owner in the UK is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Her husband is an avid bird hunter, and legally owns several shotguns. While is is caring for his dying wife, he decides, for whatever reason, that he no longer wants a couple of the shotguns he owns. He contacts the police to inquire about “deactivating” these two guns. An officer whose job is specifically dealing with legally-owned firearms, comes and takes ALL OF THEM.
Why? Because his terminally ill wife “is a possible threat.”
His wife did pass, and then he tried to get his guns back. It took a while, but they did return them, but it is POLICE POLICY that if you or a loved one living in the home is seriously ill, they will take all the guns in the home.
This is “the slippery slope.” This is “common-sense gun control.” This is what gun control activists WANT.
And this is why U.S. gun owners have drawn a line and are pushing back hard.
UPDATE, 12/15:
On Sunday, 12/14 in Sydney, New South Wales Australia, two men armed with six shotguns attacked a gathering of Jews celebrating Hanukkah at a beach. The attackers, father and son, are, of course, Muslim. Fifteen victims have died as of the time of this update, and more than 40 were injured. One of the attackers has assumed room temperature, the other is wounded.
The motive for the attack remains unknown1, but the Prime Minister of Australia has announce that there will be further “gun control” legislation passed and additional attention will be paid to “right-wing extremists.”
The attack took place over an approximate 20 minute span. Four apparently armed police officers were on or near the scene, but also apparently took cover – and stayed there. Two officers attempted to intervene and were wounded.
The society that disarmed their citizens with the promise that the police would be there to protect them, failed to protect them. As one person has observed, it was Uvalde at the beach.
So what are they going to do now? Ban all shotguns? If past history tells us anything, there will be an exception made for members of the Religion of Peace. Anything else would be RACISSS!!!!
1 This is, of course, sarcasm.