***If the criminal with a gun is to be tracked down quickly, then we must have registration in this country.***
Felons not required to REGISTER their guns!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haynes_v._United_States
The National Firearms Act of 1934 required the registration of certain types of firearms. Miles Edward Haynes was a convicted felon who was charged with failing to register a firearm under the Act. Haynes argued that, because he was a convicted felon and thus prohibited from owning a firearm, requiring him to register was essentially requiring him to make an open admission to the government that he was in violation of the law, which was thus a violation of his right not to incriminate himself.
] The original Haynes decision continues to block state prosecutions of criminals who fail to register guns as required by various state law gun registration schemes.
Them dang-ol’ criminals. Always breakin’ the law!