Court decision paves the way for Australian-style gun ban

From the American Thinker:

On Monday, the Court of Appeals for the Second U.S. Circuit issued a long awaited decision on the constitutionality of the most drastic gun control law in U.S. history, the New York SAFE Act of 2013. 

The Second Circuit ruled that nearly all of the law does not violate the Second Amendment. 

The SAFE ("Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement") Act was presented to the New York State Senate and passed into law in 15 minutes. 

No debate was allowed, and senators did not have time to read the bill before voting it into law. 

The SAFE Act is a complete ban on the sale or transfer of all military-style semi-automatic rifles manufactured within the past several decades. 

It is a total ban on the AR-15, AK-47, M-14/M-1a, HK G3, Steyr AUG, and many other civilian copies of military firearms. 

Prior to the passage of the law, Gov. Cuomo publicly stated that he was considering "confiscation" of existing rifles, but the final version of the law allowed existing owners to keep their rifles as long as they registered them with the State. 

Upon the death of the owner, the rifle will be confiscated; it cannot be transferred to an heir within New York State. 

The SAFE Act also enacted a complete ban on the possession of all firearm magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds. 

The law contains no "grandfather" provision for previously legal items.

Anonymous comments - A probable tipping point if this line of action is vigorously pursued. The self-appointed lawgivers will run up against a solid line of will-not-comply defense. It will be their move, they started it. 

A substantial chorus of progressive rank and file is pushing the USA into Civil War. They see themselves as spectators, not participants. Otherwise they might not be so gleeful in the course of action they have chosen. 
Reminds me of the Washingtonians who followed the Union Army to Bull Run with an afternoon of picnicking and entertainment in mind. Be careful folks...you never know when you might to run into a Stone Wall.