MANY people will have to pay $1,000 in order to register items that will later BE TAKEN FROM THEM...!
Why not pay nothing and keep what you have?
I don’t get it —as they write the law it ASSURES non-compliance.
It’s like fining people to AVOID drunk-driving.
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"Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. 'We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with." ('Atlas Shrugged' 1957)
And there in lays the rub...
That is what they are hoping for, non-compliance so they can charge you with anything they wish, and seize your weapons.
If you make everyone a criminal, and criminals can't "legally" own firearms, you have a nation of slaves.