[dd5339]

Joe,

It's real easy, "SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED". If the feds are databasing gun owners they are infringing their right to keep and bear arms by requiring an unreasonable action on the part of the gun owner. A database has the potential to be abused therefore it is in itself an infringment of the right to own a firearm.

Just my $0.02

Semper Fi

[Doctor Stochastic]

Depends on the size for the fringe being inned.

[dirtboy]

A database has the potential to be abused therefore it is in itself an infringment of the right to own a firearm.

Can you cite specific Supreme Court cases that cite the potential for abuse, as opposed to actual abuse, as the reason for overturning a law on 4th Amendment grounds? (I think I've heard of some, once again, I'm trying to facilitate the debate here by playing a well-meaning gun-control proponent).

[Atlas Sneezed]

"Shall not be infringed" is powerful language. Up there with "Congress shall make no law..."

Requiring paperwork, background checks, and disclosure of private information are all infringements.