Posted on 08/12/2010 4:38:40 PM PDT by plinyelder
What reason if any, is there a need for registering a gun?
The way that I see it is .. ONLY Law abiding citizens will follow the registration laws while a criminal WILL get a weapon .. whether it is a knife, grenade, hammer, gun, whatever .. Regardless of law!?
Hence,the question: What reason do we need gun registration laws?
Well, for heavens sake, how do you suppose the communist regime is going to know where they are when they come to get them?
Silly question....gun registration laws are designed to keep guns out of the hands of law-abiding tax-paying workers, who are supposed to be the slave labor when Progressive’s Workers Paradise is finally realized after the Cloward-Piven strategy plays out. You don’t give guns to slaves. You point guns at slaves.
Who registers guns? I do know that in Illinois, you have to apply for a permit or license to own/purchase a gun, but where else does this happen?
Gun registration is the prelude to confiscation. See
e.g. http://www.jpfo.org for more.
The ONLY reason for gun registration is so the Gov knows who and where to seize the gun from.
Gun registration is a potent form of government-mandated gun control. In that sense, it is strictly unconstitutional.
Gun registration is two fold.
First, a tax on gun ownership, because a law abiding person will pay it.
Second, so the government knows where all the law abiding citizens guns are so when they are illegal they will be easier to collect.
Nobody actually believes criminals will give up their guns nor pay the taxes.
what reason is there for permits to upgrade your home? They don’t need a reason. red tape and fees and the increased potential for future fines. That’s all the reason they need.
Again, that is the official answer for a public forum. ;->
That was the chief argument against the Handgun Control Act of 1968. The Dems were so sobbed up over King and RFK being shot (even though King was killed by a rifle), they passed it anyway.
I wonder .. Just how many Law abiding folks ever give this much thought?
BTW: Ever wonder How Many of those guns that the criminals have .. were at one time registered by lawful folks?
After multiple delays, mass confusion, utter incompetence, and skyrocketing costs, the Canadians figured it out that anything the Government tries, especially a Liberal Elite Government, never works.
The Gun Registration Database was scuttled. At least they said so publicly.
I guess maybe Ohio is different.
I’m sure the gvt knows I bought hand guns, but there’s not saying I didn’t sell them already.
I don’t need to tell them, and I have paid no sort of registration fee, etc.
They could also be stolen. Happens all the time.
Yea same with Idaho. Closest we get is concealed carry permits and hunting licenses. Don’t need to own or even ever actually fired a gun to have either, but safe bet if you have one there is probably a gun somewhere.
A local man was beaten to death with a TENNIS RACKET. Anything can be a weapon. My son said you could beat a person to death with a chair. True.
Don’t know how true to real life they are but .. remember the old westerns where a gunslinger gets out of prison and .. first thing he does is strap on his gun?
I don’t remember any sheriff asking whether he was registered to carry it? lol
WE don’t need them, and in fact they are unconstitutional. Amendments 2 and 4. We have a right to keep and bear arms, and a right to be secure in our persons and papers. So the gov’t doesn’t need to know what I’ve bought.
The purpose for gun registration is monitoring and eventual confiscation. There is no other purpose. As soon as the government can disarm us peacefully without political opposition, they will.
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