There is one very good reason: As protection from future confiscation by the government.
...There is one very good reason: As protection from future confiscation by the government...
That American tradition goes back to Lexington, where Colonists hid their arms and ammunition from George III.
And just look at the ruckus that happened when his Redcoats came to confiscate them.
“There is no good reason to own an unregistered, untraceable firearm, and law-abiding gun owners should agree. Untraceable guns are ready-made for crime.”
By their own admission a gun with a serial number is (closer to being) a crime deterrent.
These people think that race cars have numbers on them to make them go faster ?
The writers of the article can't be honest and say their intent with registration is to confiscate sometime later.
I’ll start the obvious, that gun bans will won’t(can’t) work. It is always near impossible to enforce a prohibition on what was once a legal product (see 1920s, thugs became billionaires… same as “war on drugs” today). Especially with 300+million firearms already in the land. I read a post that the very mention of President Trump considering banning “bump stocks” has sent sales through the roof. We Americans is a rebellious lot (ain’t we?)... imagine the volume of government blood and treasure required to disarm all us gun owning “Bitter Clingers” and “Rednecks”? Law enforcement would have time for little else. Constitution would also have to be shredded top to bottom, as ALL people by default become suspects.