Cool. Put your money where your mouth is, stand on the steps of your local state capital with an M16 with the press there and excersize your rights. I'll kick in for your legal defense.
No, if you do it you have to do it through systematic government change initiated by the people, for the people, from the people.
The anti went from being foxholed in the system to being bunkered. You have to replace the leaders with someone that will do the job he or she is asked to do, the way they're told by the people to do it.
Congress has the power to remove a judge from the supreme court and won't do it because they're in the corruption with them. The executive branch (President) has the power to arrest them on corruption, ethics violations, treason, whatever charges he can levy against them and he or she (eventually there will be a she and hopefully a damn good conservative one.) won't do it because of one reason or another.
It's a
we thing, not a me thing. I'd be willing to enforce it if I were elected president but I'm not dumb enough to want the job.
My family used to run whole nations (distant relatives were kings and queens and such). Been there, done that, no thanks.
But I'll support any efforts to overturn these bull**** gun control laws. I'm taking a hit just like every other gun owner.
It doesn't matter though about the scenario except the last one. You keep your trap shut if you want the thing.
The last one you're better off handing it over. You're foot is already in the jail cell. If they want you, they got you. To the ATF, they don't accept innocence by lack of knowledge. You're better off handing it over and praying to God that they don't lock you up for the next 20 years. That and making it real clear that since you were dumb enough to never check what trigger group was installed, you don't want that thing anywhere near you and as far as you're concerned you'll help them torch-cut the thing. It's now a one way ticket to the big house. They knock you tell them where it is and do whatever it takes to let them know you don't want it.
And that's why I still follow the gun control laws despite my pure hatred of them. I may be crazy (but I doubt it), but I'm not stupid.