[spunkets]

I just saw the question there and Tribe's argument. There was that in a nutshell part that somehow concluded infringement in the form of registration, and possibly taxation was Constitutional. Tax, only if it applies to goods in general. Registration, not only implies priviledge, it undermines the purpose of the Amend. and only functions to facilitate confiscation.

[Luis Gonzalez]

Registration does provide the government with a readily available list of who has what, but government can tax arms under their constitutionally power to tax, and that provides the data base without infringing on the right to keep and bear.

You would have to register the arm in order for the taxes to be assessed properly, etc., so call it what you will, but it comes down to an inventory sooner or later.