Millions of New York gun owners refused to register their firearms to comply with the draconian N.Y. SAFE Act.

So far only around 24,000 gun owners, many of them cops, registered their semiautomatic rifles with the state, meaning that the law has effectively been repealed through civil disobedience.

"I am amused at the pathetically low numbers of New Yorkers who registered their so-called assault rifles," New York State Rifle & Pistol Association President Tom King said. "The number of individuals who registered their guns is 24,000 and many of these are law-enforcement officials mandated to comply by their department."

"New York gun owners know it is flawed and they are not complying with it. I am confident that we will ultimately prevail in getting significant portions of the law overturned in the courts."

The SAFE Act, which created a gun registry for semiautomatic weapons using detachable magazines, was practically ignored by both gun owners and sheriffs since it was signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2013.