I am against this ridiculous action as it would do nothing to stop the problem they’re trying to stop and only infringes on law abiding citizen’s rights, however gun owners are fooling themselves if they think the govt couldn’t find the guns fairly quickly now just by the amount of photos and social media posts on gun related pages, Internet traffic that is monitored, credit card purchases of ammo and firearms, and, yes, let’s no forget how many “friends and family” know about a person’s guns and ammo stash. Think “see something, say something” is just a fancy slogan? Between all the above and the incessant nanny state telling children in schools guns = bad, I don’t think it would take too much detective work to figure out where it all is.
So serious people need to be seriously sly.
Many moons ago my wife worked for a consumer data company. What folks buy and how they buy is really revealing. Really scary stuff. Consequently we use cash only as much as possible. As light of a footprint as possible. Especially in these areas.
You know, they might be able to find out who owns a significant number of the guns out there, but taking them is quite another matter. There are some 380 million guns out there, owned by over 100 million people spread out over an entire continent. There are literally not enough police and federal LEOs to keep track of them, let alone seize them - and that is WITHOUT opposition, which there will certainly be.
IOW, things aren’t quite so simple...and I believe that the gun-grabbers are well aware of that - because if they weren’t, they’d have already tried confiscation. It is simple, raw FEAR (fear of not only that percentage of the 100+ million gun owners who would resist, but the vets and former special operators among them that would be FAR more capable and effective) that prevents them from doing so - as the Founders intended.