“However, I’m not prepared to accept the premise that all Americans would respond to a despotic edict to register their guns...”
Excellent observation! How do we know most gun owners registered their weapons in CT? I know if I lived in that state I wouldn’t register my guns.
I find no such requirement as gun registration in the 2nd Amendment.
You can just about bet that the majority of gun owners didn't show up on registration day.
Even under confiscation schemes, only about half of the guns ever wind up in the hands of the government.