What is the worry in this group with universal background checks for private sales?

[branford]

21. I grew-up in Rockland County, NY, and still have friends and family there.

I clearly recall when the Journal News recently released the names and personal information of gun owners derived from registration information, much of which was not only incorrect, but shockingly included active and retired law enforcement personal, crime victims, those under protective orders, etc.

These law-abiding gun owners certainly thought there was a big problem, and I believe many JN executives and reporters still have armed security because of their foolishness. I guess some elites do indeed deserve armed protection.

Further, under the new SAFE act, New York has also confiscated firearms by comparing registration lists with medical and pharmaceutical information. If that wasn't bad enough, some of the firearms confiscated were mistakes due to problems with the lists, and the owners were forced to engage in lengthy and costly litigation to compel the state to return the guns.

Besides the political idiocy of references to Australian-style gun control, the effects of registration lists in the USA are far more than mere theory. They can, and have been, abused, and talk of more draconian gun control, particularly by top elected leaders of our Party, only makes the problem worse, and gun safety compromises all but impossible.