Submitting to a permit process would be considered by many to be letting the anti-gunners win.I didn't need any more guns but there were a few that I would like to have. I just bought all of those.
If I find I have to have something then I well get a permit. Not doing so is just letting the anti-gunners win!
"If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so." ~Thomas Jefferson
Not saying "go to jail", but that justification swings both ways.