The Connecticut Peace Officers’ Assn will release an open letter stating that police in Connecticut will not “be party to the oppression of the people of the state by enforcing an unconstitutional law.” So far around 250 police officers have cosigned the letter.
An estimated 100,000 people in CT have not registered their guns in accordance with the new law, turning them into felons.
Now we have hundreds of law enforcement refusing to comply. Of course, there are a lot of cops that will….and we can see the squaring off of sides coming into view.
Civil war coming soon to a city near you….
A showdown is developing between a sizable number of Connecticut state police officers and the politicians who passed into law highly restrictive gun control, gun bans, and bans on high capacity magazines.
Gun rights legal expert and activist David Hardy reported Friday that 250 law enforcement officers in Connecticut have signed an open letter stating that they will not enforce the new anti-gun and magazine laws, which they consider to be a violation of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
A major news story on these developments is due to be published soon, but Hardy received an advanced notice via email from Tyler Jackson, the head of the Connecticut Peace Officers Association, the organization that sent the open letter.
According to Hardy,
Tyler Jackson has emailed me an interesting story, soon to appear online (I’ll link to it once it does)– the gist is that the head of the Connecticut Peace Officers’ Assn has released an open letter stating that the police will not “be party to the oppression of the people of the state by enforcing an unconstitutional law.” So far 250 LEOs have cosigned the letter.
Gunowners in the state have already ignored the mandate to comply with the new laws, refusing to register with the state government their possession of so-called “assault weapons” and forbidden magazines.
It is estimated that over 300,000 gunowners have practiced civil disobedience in refusing to register and give up the newly forbidden items. Only roughly 50,000 citizens in the state have complied.
But now these courageous citizens have key support in high places. With at least 250 law enforcement officers joining them in disobeying an unconstitutional law, the gunowners have a new weapon in their arsenal — the support of hundreds of police officers.
Hardy reported that with the lack of support of police, Connecticut faces massive civilian resistance, with police officers refusing to enforce a law that to most citizens crosses a line that is unacceptable in a free society.
If such a thing can happen in a deeply blue state in New England, what would law enforcement encounter if they attempted such an ill-fated attack on Constitutionally-protected rights in Texas, Wyoming, South Carolina, Utah, or Kentucky?
This is something that the political powers that be in government and law enforcement — and in the Courts — should think long and hard about before acting in such a knee-jerk fashion as Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, and Massachusetts have done.
Good luck just don’t come to TEXAS….WITH ALL THAT NON SENSE WE WON’T ABIDE BY ANYTHING THAT’S. UNCONSTITUTIONAL……
AMEN ***********************
Great, nice to see some police Officers standing behind some thing.
This is a good thing. The officers who refuse to enforce an unconstitutional law will still be police officers after the other ones are pushing up daisies.
I’ll back the police till they break the oath.
It’s about time they stand up for the people they serve.
I read one report from a Connecticut Senate Committee discussion which stated that roughly 60% of the States Law Enforcement are in violation of the law. One of the Senators suggested that they be fired. Can you imagine what would happen in a city like Hartford, with their gang problems, if over half of their police officers were terminated. The city would burn when the thugs found out they could prey on an unprotected and disarmed populace.
Name the unarmed countries that have not been subjugated by the “ruling elitists”. Name the city or state that is facing disarmament now, that is not ruled by an elitist group of “Democrat” Marxists.
now that is called honoring your oath, great job officers,,, at some point we have to stand up for what is right, and defy those who are wrong.
One person, regardless of the vision he has of himself is stronger than the Constitution, or the American Spirit.. He stands on a pedestal he fashioned himself, and it is starting to crumble, he has never learned that in life, you must have a good foundation, or fall… Humpty Dumpty will fall.. AMEN..