What's Wrong With Gun Registration?

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12. "Hillary: Australia-style gun control ‘worth looking at’ "

The slogan or talking point "registration always leads to confiscation" has been taken up and repeated so many times that it seems impossible to trace its origin.

Origins aside, how about the present day? Bearing in mind that Australia instituted national confiscation of certain classes of guns.

Of course, law enforcement agencies, whether tyrannical or benign, have seized illegal items as part of their duties throughout history...

And it sure would be easier to seize guns (after they're declared illegal, of course) if you have a list.



I wonder how safe Tom Harvey would feel in the gun-free paradise of Baltimore.

I wonder if Tom Harvey knows that you can't arrest, try, convict, or imprison a prohibited person for failing to register a gun (that pesky 5th Amendment). Possessing, yes. Using, of course. Buying one, sure. But not registering it? Nope, nope, nope.

I wonder if Tom Harvey can tell me how the Connecticut State Police or the Newtown Police would have benefited from having a list of guns that the Langzas owned, or how they could have pre-empted the deadly rampage in Sandy Hook with such knowledge.

Just curious.