[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.

[spunkets]

" You would have to register the arm in order for the taxes to be assessed properly, etc"

Infringements are not allowed, so obfuscations for creation of inventories of any sort is out. It is a consumer good and should be taxed like all others. At present there's an income tax and a special sales tax on arms and ammo that goes to conservation purposes. There is no inventory in that and the mechanics of the tax make that impossible. Taxing them out of the hands of the poorest of our citizens is also abhorent.