The fallacy of gun registration

Enter Stage Right ^ | 7/14/2008 | Charles Bloomer

[P8riot]

If you think it’s time to bury them, it’s really time to USE them.

[P8riot]

It really frosts my butt when folks who consider themselves to be conservatives still defer to the government for permission to exercise a constitutional right.

[Fraxinus]

Four words: "shall not be infringed".

I do not think registration violates the second amendment. Getting registration though the fourth and fifth though could easily be problematic.

The Canadians proved that universal gun registration is a waste of time and money. If the authorities in DC would stop worrying about guns and start incarcerating criminals the city would be a lot safer.

[wastedyears]

***Simple solution: put on driver’s licenses whether one is permitted to buy or own a gun.***

No

[Gunner9mm]

So brilliant it absolutely escapes the thought process of the DC government.

[Shooter 2.5]

How ‘bout this? If you aren’t in prison or in the looney bin, you can buy a gun.

[William Tell]

Fraxinus said: "I do not think registration violates the second amendment. "

Do you think any guns were registered at the time of our nation's founding? Do you think that guns had serial numbers then?

The requirement for a serial number on a gun is no less an infringement of the right to keep and arms than would be requiring a serial number on a Bible or any other book would be an abridgement of freedom of speech or the press.

And without the required serial number, there is no practical way to register a firearm. It is the requirement for serial numbers that should be eliminated.