I am a multiple weapon owner and a former Public Safety Commissioner here in Florida. I have a question for everyone. Does anyone have a problem with registering their firearms and if so, why?
I'm asking because one of the problems in police work is that when a firearm that has been used in a crime is recovered, the ownership trail is often non-existant. Yes, criminals buy stolen guns, but if a crime is committed in Florida with a firearm that was owned by a person in Vermont, knowing that connection will at least provide investigators another avenue of inquiry -even if the firearm was legally purchased and stolen from the customer.
Yes.
Registration leads to eventual confiscation. NUMEROUS examples of this. (Ask NYC gun owners if you don't believe me.)
YEP! It's none of the governments damn biasness what I have.
I'm asking because one of the problems in police work is that when a firearm that has been used in a crime is recovered, the ownership trail is often non-existant.
Tough. I won't risk future confiscation just so some homicide cops job is marginally easier.
Yes.
1. It does not reduce crime. My state has registration. It also has several cities with very high crime rates. Detroit, Flint, Saginaw, Highland Park, and Inkster.
2. Registration leads on confiscation. It's happened in Chicago, DC, California, as well as overseas.
3. It's none of the government's business if I own a firearm.
4. Waste of my tax money.
I notice that no one has responded to you yet. While I have no intention of getting into a debate on the forum, I'll answer your question. Yes, I object to gun registration. My objections are two-fold: historical and practical. Historically, registration has preceded virtually every seizure of guns/weapons in modern human history. Practically, the Constitution, to which I swore an oath to support and defend and on which I rely as a guarantee of many freedoms states, "...shall not be infringed." I think that's pretty clear.
Ignoring all the boilerplate canards underpinning your question, I can tell you for my part I just don't need that crime solved that bad.
Does anyone have a problem with registering their firearms and if so, why?
I even have a problem with the requirement that my firearms have serial numbers. Our Founders would recognize this as an infringement. Why don't you?
Yes I have a major problem with registration.Becasue it was tryed in germany when hitler got into power and it was such a reasonable law.Why would any jew have a problem with just registering his or her gun? flash forward 6 years
If a cops job is harder because we are not registering our guns then tough t**ty it beat the holy hell out of the alternative.
Travis, could you send this freeper some of you pics???
Registration precedes confiscation. It's happened in california and New Jersey already. I'm sure there are people that have honorable intentions about registration, but at this point in the game, gun owners trust has been violated too many times.