IMHO the rub is state versus federal. There is not currently a mechanism in place that requires the registration of a weapon that crosses state lines in a civilian trunk. Certainly there is no requirement for crossing county lines in Texas. Personally, I do not care how they do it in New York, California, or Illinois. And I d@mn sure do not want a federalized referendum that could allow Yankees or Sand Yankees to have any say whatsoever about what I may own, control, purchase,manufacture, reload, modify, or have knowledge of.
Maybe somebody should contact BATF and tell them that some people in NO posess pre-ban receivers AND the machining equipment inclusive of dimensions for sears, disconnects, and illegal suppression devices. The fires will make fantastic evening news. All they gotta do is say that these otherwise upstanding denizens might be molesting chirren.
"The fires will make fantastic evening news. All they gotta do is say that these otherwise upstanding denizens might be molesting chirren."
Seriously, if Saint Peter himself owned a pre-ban Lower and some sears the F-troop would try to tell the public the guy was running a meth lab.