Democrats have argued there is no way to enforce the checks without some form of documentation.
What they mean is that without a required paper trail, simple possession of a firearm will still be presumable legal act.
The moment there is a requirement for a permanent record of every firearms transfer, the possession of any firearm manufactured after that date becomes an illegal act, for which the existence of the proper paperwork becomes an affirmative defense.
We will have changed the presumption of innocence, Instead of possession of a firearm being legal, except in specific circumstances as specified by law, possession of a firearm will be illegal, unless the proper paperwork was created, and hasn't been lost.
This is simply not something we can accept.
“What they mean is that without a required paper trail, simple possession of a firearm will still be presumable legal act.
The moment there is a requirement for a permanent record of every firearms transfer, the possession of any firearm manufactured after that date becomes an illegal act, for which the existence of the proper paperwork becomes an affirmative defense.
We will have changed the presumption of innocence, Instead of possession of a firearm being legal, except in specific circumstances as specified by law, possession of a firearm will be illegal, unless the proper paperwork was created, and hasn’t been lost.
This is simply not something we can accept.”
Exactly correct. They will have turned a right into a priviledge that they can whittle away at.
http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2012/12/gun-registration-is-gun-confiscation.html
Very well put!