Testimonies

Mr.Blue said:

I agree 100%. Bad grammar and foolish arguments make it easier for the left to dismiss us as unintelligent, knuckle-draggers.

Let’s also try to dress appropriately. We will be speaking before a state legislature, not going hunting or invading Iraq.

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Bigfoot21075 said:

IMHO - I would not testify that you are going to "refuse to comply".....

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Odarlin1 said:

Why not? They can't do anything. And it shows a non violent civil disobedience.

These suggestions of dressing up and being articulate are the intimidating factors. Listen, you are never going to change the opinion or impression of Constitutionalists to the Gun Grabbers.

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Bigfoot21075 said:

IMHO - I would not testify that you are going to "refuse to comply".....

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Odarlin1 said:

Why not? They can't do anything. And it shows a non violent civil disobedience.

These suggestions of dressing up and being articulate are the intimidating factors. Listen, you are never going to change the opinion or impression of Constitutionalists to the Gun Grabbers.

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Bigfoot21075 said:

You are testifying that you are going to break the law correct?

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pcfixer said:

Yes. and Yes.

“By the way I call it "moral obedience" rather than "civil disobedience" because it is God's law". Those who try to promote un-natural laws on us are committing moral disobedience. It is our duty to resist immoral laws and actions.” By Richard Fry.

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SCV/SAR Patriot said:

About the nicest thing at this point in time I could say testifying is GFY, hence the reason why I won't be giving testimony.

That said, good luck to those who will be testifying.

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Bigfoot21075 said:

You are testifying that you are going to break the law correct?

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16 Am Jur 2d, Sec 177 late 2d, Sec 256:

The general misconception is that any statute passed by legislators bearing the appearance of law constitutes the law of the land. The U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of the land, and any statute, to be valid, must be In agreement. It is impossible for both the Constitution and a law violating it to be valid; one must prevail. This is succinctly stated as follows:

The General rule is that an unconstitutional statute, though having the form and name of law is in reality no law, but is wholly void, and ineffective for any purpose; since unconstitutionality dates from the time of it's enactment and not merely from the date of the decision so branding it. An unconstitutional law, in legal contemplation, is as inoperative as if it had never been passed. Such a statute leaves the question that it purports to settle just as it would be had the statute not been enacted.

Since an unconstitutional law is void, the general principles follow that it imposes no duties, confers no rights, creates no office, bestows no power or authority on anyone, affords no protection, and justifies no acts performed under it.....

A void act cannot be legally consistent with a valid one. An unconstitutional law cannot operate to supersede any existing valid law. Indeed, insofar as a statute runs counter to the fundamental law of the lend, it is superseded thereby.

No one Is bound to obey an unconstitutional law and no courts are bound to enforce it.

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teratos said:

This is a very important concept:

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teratos said:

This is a very important concept:

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teratos said:

It's not hard to say "I will not comply".

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gtodave said:

But they WANT us to not comply....that's the dirty little secret. That way when we get arrested, they can point to us and say: "Look, this 'average gun owner' is a law-breaker! We need more laws and less guns!".

I don't think they are going to cold feet about any of these bills because we say we won't obey them. I think it might have the opposite effect.

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gtodave said:

But they WANT us to not comply....that's the dirty little secret. That way when we get arrested, they can point to us and say: "Look, this 'average gun owner' is a law-breaker! We need more laws and less guns!".

I don't think they are going to cold feet about any of these bills because we say we won't obey them. I think it might have the opposite effect.

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teratos said:

Have you been paying attention? Connecticut, NJ, NY, CO, WA? They want us to comply. They know full well that these laws are practically unenforceable.

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gtodave said:

I get what you are saying, and my hope is that it is that simple. But as with other areas of our lives, these people are beginning to take off their masks and exposing themselves rather than hide and be subversive. They're no longer saying "Nobody wants to come for your guns". Now they're saying "We're coming for your guns". In order to do so, they need to make what we do illegal. And they need to put a certain amount of us in jail to scare the rest in to submission. They can't do that if we all comply. So I think that they WANT us not to comply, at least to some degree. Now if every single one of us said that we won't comply, and they heard it 1,000 times....then maybe we'd have something.

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gtodave said:

But they WANT us to not comply....that's the dirty little secret. That way when we get arrested, they can point to us and say: "Look, this 'average gun owner' is a law-breaker! We need more laws and less guns!".

I don't think they are going to cold feet about any of these bills because we say we won't obey them. I think it might have the opposite effect.

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