Organizers say over 50,000 people in more than 30 states have already signed up to participate in an estimated 100 local rallies, with the resistance movement aimed at unifying patriotic Americans from across the political spectrum behind the U.S. Constitution and gun rights.

"On January 16, 2013, President Barack Obama issued 23 executive actions against your 2nd Amendment Constitutional right to bear arms," explains the "Day of Resistance" website, operated by an organization known as "Stop This Insanity" and by TheTeaParty.net. "He did this without the consent of Congress, which in itself violates the foundation of the Constitution and the co-equal branches of government."