Josh Bernstein Urges Washington Residents to 'Defy' Gun Reform Initiative by Shooting Police, If Ne

[Initech]

Last week, voters in the state of Washington overwhelmingly passed a gun reform initiative which right-wing commentator Josh Bernstein is urging residents to “defy” by shooting police officers, if necessary.

Initiative 1639 raised the age for purchasing a semi-automatic rifle to 21 and requires anyone seeking to purchase such a weapon to pass a background check, take a safety course, and wait 10 business days before taking possession of the gun. The initiative also requires gun owners to store their weapons safely or potentially face legal consequences if their weapons are used in the commission of a crime.

The new laws say nothing about confiscating weapons, but Bernstein is convinced that this is exactly what will happen—so he posted a video over the weekend in which he all-but-openly urged gun owners to shoot any law enforcement officer who attempts to do so.

“If they try to go door-to-door to confiscate law-abiding citizens’ guns from them to comply with this flawed and unconstitutional initiative, there’s gonna be bloodshed,” he warned. “There is no question about it.”

“Many Washington state gun owners will and should defy—that’s right—defy Initiative 1639 and do whatever it takes to secure their Second Amendment rights,” Bernstein added. “I will leave it at that. I don’t want to say much more, but I’m sure you understand and you can read through the lines.”

“I am a huge supporter of the police and law enforcement,” Bernstein continued, “but I’ll tell you right now, I won’t shed one tear—not one tear—if I find out that an officer is wounded or killed trying to confiscate weapons from law-abiding citizens in any state.”
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/josh-bernstein-urges-washington-residents-to-defy-gun-reform-initiative-by-shooting-police-if-necessary/

OK if you're *THAT* paranoid about having your guns taken away, you should have your guns taken away. WTF is wrong with these people?

[nykym]

1. Hey Josh

If law-abiding citizens do not follow the law they are criminals and should be treated as such.

[Doreen]

2. Well, trump has made it safe and OK to encourage violence.

[dameatball]

3. Here is what I don't get about this fear they have about losing guns.

First of all, there is no real force currently in existence that is large enough to go door to door and confiscate guns. It would take decades. In order to even attempt such a thing it would require the armed forces, not just local police. Last I heard the armed forces were tied up in various other locations, fighting wars and making sure brown people don't cross the border.


So, that leaves a scenario where law enforcement would have to resort to recordkeeping. See who has registered guns. Now that makes things a little more doable, but still a huge undertaking. Of course, then we have the guy who is afraid to go to McDonalds without packing heat "just in case." So guess whose door gets knocked on first. If I were worried about someone taking my guns, the last thing I would do is get a concealed carry permit. Not that CC is necessarily a bad thing, but if one is truly worried about losing guns, why throw up a red flag?


After that we have the millions of non-registered weapons that are simply unaccounted for. The majority of those will stay unaccounted for unless used in a crime and confiscated.

The right has been making hay off this 2nd Amendment scare tactic for as long as I can remember. Yet, it has never happened and likely never will. But these folks keep believing the big scare.

[MiniMe]

4. Didn't read the whole article, but from the snip posted, there is nothing in there about confiscatng

confiscating guns. Seems to be reasonable gun control measures.

Shooting cops on the other hand is a criminal offense