You are right about registration.
It puts a target on the back of every gun owner. It puts them in a defensive position.
Anyone know what the law is regarding the guns of those who've registered but have died? Does the law specifically assign responsibility to heirs of the estate?
It's true, but Louisiana, like Texas, does not have gun registration, nor permits to purchase no owner licensing. All they have is CHL permits, which are shall issue and don't say which or how many guns the license holder has, if any. There is of course the federal 4473 form, which if used as specified by law, that is kept at the dealer and the information provided to law enforcement only in tracing the ownership of specific firearms used in crimes or found at the scene of crimes, would be difficult to use in a general confiscation scheme. Now if the BATErs or local law are illegally collecting copies in a central database, or the FBI is not destroying the instant background check records, (which also don't refer to the specific gun purchased, but only handgun vs long gun) then they would have a basis for confiscation sweeps.
I think it bears investigation whether the guns confiscated were just found during illegal searches, or specifically targeted based on illegally kept records. This NOLA after all and I wouldn't put anything past them. Maybe we'll find some juicy BATFE collusion with the local authorities? Hmm?
Some of my guns are registered, some are not. {;o)