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Obama just got one giant step closer towards creating a national gun registry
Fox News ^ | May 27, 2016 | John R Lott Jr

Posted on 05/27/2016 12:34:49 PM PDT by richardb72

President Obama is taking a big step towards creating a national gun registry. Hawaii looks like it is about to provide the federal government with the list of all the gun owners in the state. Supposedly, keeping a list of gun owners’ names will enable the FBI to tell police if a gun owner ever gets arrested.

But a national gun registry isn’t necessary to do this check. The FBI isn’t the only organization that can do background checks on already existing gun owners. Hawaii already has a gun registry, and can regularly run its list of names to see if people have gotten arrested.

Some concealed carry states do that for their concealed handgun permit holders. For example, Kentucky checks its list of permit holders every month.

Hawaii is going to pay for entering the names in the new federal registry by charging gun owners a new fee. But, even if this registration reduced crime, it would hardly be just the gun owners who have registered their guns who would be the only ones who benefit. Economics would indicate that the people who benefit from this proposal should be the ones to pay for it.

If Hawaii officials really think that this will reduce crime for everyone and they aren’t just pushing this as a way to reduce gun ownership even further, they can pay for these checks out of general revenue. . . .

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; billofrights; constitution; cprc; fbi; fbirapback; fedgunenroll; guncontrol; hawaii; hawaiifedgunenroll; mediabias; nra; obama; secondamendment
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To: Yo-Yo

“Five states have long gun registration requirements, and eleven states have handgun registration requirements.”

And every one of those state requirements is unconstitutional.


21 posted on 05/27/2016 1:28:11 PM PDT by LaRueLaDue
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To: richardb72

Not a surprise its Hawaii. One of the most restrictive gun states in the nation, if not THE most.


22 posted on 05/27/2016 1:30:36 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Arm_Bears

The Japanese tried. :(


23 posted on 05/27/2016 1:30:56 PM PDT by luvie (Bah!)
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To: Mears
My favorite thing about Hawaii wanting federal money is that they have an INTERSTATE. Pretty funny.

LOL, I did not know that.

CGato

24 posted on 05/27/2016 1:31:16 PM PDT by Conservative Gato
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
That's why O$h!tface aims to make criminals out of all of them/us.

“Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with.” ― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

25 posted on 05/27/2016 1:31:31 PM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: Conservative Gato

Hence Obama “born” in Hawaii, yet his own book jacket cover, and Grandma, and wife all have stated something else , Kenya.


26 posted on 05/27/2016 1:32:25 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man
Hence Obama “born” in Hawaii, yet his own book jacket cover, and Grandma, and wife all have stated something else , Kenya.

Yup, and Sheriff Joe Arpaio's investigation in to 0bama's birth certificate proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that Hawaiian birth certificates were handed out to anyone that wanted them, regardless if they were born there or not.

I hope Trump's people in the DOJ picks up where that investigation left off. That's probably more corruption the DC establishment fears that might be exposed under a Trump presidency.

CGato

27 posted on 05/27/2016 1:40:21 PM PDT by Conservative Gato
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To: richardb72

ESADBHO


28 posted on 05/27/2016 1:52:10 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Calling Obama a POS is a major insult to S.)
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To: richardb72

A friend inside the inside of the trucking industry gave me an interesting bit of news.

The new DOT form every trucker will have to sign will have this question: Do you own a gun?


29 posted on 05/27/2016 1:55:03 PM PDT by lurk (T)
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To: Biggirl

I think of that every day, because everyday O does more damage.
I also pray everyday that God keep Trump safe.


30 posted on 05/27/2016 2:45:07 PM PDT by ncpatriot
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To: richardb72

US Federal gun laws ought to be followed with the same care and attention as Federal immigration laws.


31 posted on 05/27/2016 2:51:25 PM PDT by Reverend Wright (UK out of the EU; UN out of the USA !)
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To: Bryanw92
a place for the Haoles to spend money and be harassed by the locals.

Truer words never spoken. That's why I refuse to vacation in Hawaii.

32 posted on 05/27/2016 2:55:53 PM PDT by bkopto
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To: Bryanw92

So agree. Lived there 10 years. You haven’t seen racism until you’ve lived in Hawaii!!!!


33 posted on 05/27/2016 3:19:00 PM PDT by Alissa
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To: Reverend Wright

Or how about the invented right to abort babies. That supposedly means it must be paid for with tax dollars.

A similar argument is used by the left to argue AGAINST voter ID requirements. This supposedly prohibits citizens from exercising their right to vote.

Can you imagine a gun subsidy to be sure every American has access to their Constitutional right to gun ownership?


34 posted on 05/27/2016 3:50:07 PM PDT by unlearner (RIP America, 7/4/1776 - 6/26/2015, "Only God can judge us now." - Claus Von Stauffenberg / Valkyrie)
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To: richardb72

They forget, FELONS re not required to register their guns.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haynes_v._United_States


35 posted on 05/27/2016 4:06:28 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: richardb72

I don’t get the connection between Hawaii sh*theads acting like Nazis and a national gun registry. In fact, I find the connection ridiculous.


36 posted on 05/27/2016 4:53:14 PM PDT by sergeantdave ( If not you, who? If not now, when?)
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To: Conservative Gato; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; TWhiteBear; Salvation; ...

Hence Obama “born” in Hawaii, yet his own book jacket cover, and Grandma, and wife all have stated something else , Kenya.

>>>>Yup, and Sheriff Joe Arpaio's investigation in to 0bama's birth certificate proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that Hawaiian birth certificates were handed out to anyone that wanted them, regardless if they were born there or not.

I hope Trump's people in the DOJ picks up where that investigation left off. That's probably more corruption the DC establishment fears that might be exposed under a Trump presidency.<<<<

37 posted on 05/27/2016 5:03:19 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: richardb72

I’d call him an effete, girly-man, homosexual, Marxist muslim, but that would insult effete, girly-man, homosexual, Marxist muslims everywhere..


38 posted on 05/27/2016 5:34:15 PM PDT by cardinal4 (Certified Islamophobe)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Molon Labe - ancient Greek battle call: ‘Bring it on!’


39 posted on 05/27/2016 6:01:54 PM PDT by ArmyTeach ( Videteco eos prius (See 'em first) Sculpin 191)
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To: richardb72; All
I really hate to break it to you people, but you're already on a National Gun Registry.

You see, in this day and age, every gun maker must keep, and GIVE the serial # the make and model to the Government when it is A:) sent to a store to be sold, and B:) Then IT actually is sold.

So terrible news for all of us, well except those who lost every gun they owned in a tragic boating accident, hunting trip, snow storm, wild fire, avalanche or hurricane.

You know who you are.

40 posted on 05/27/2016 6:37:57 PM PDT by Shadowstrike (Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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