[neverdem]

BANG

[explodingspleen]

Hoorah!

[GeronL]

aren't you supposed to put Bang List in the To: box?

I wonder if this will pass?

[XHogPilot]

Time to move to Florida? Bump!

[Drammach]

From the article:
"The danger is that there is no opportunity for law enforcement to keep track of people who are using guns to commit crimes."

I would venture to say that in the last 5 years corporate white collar embezellers and theives have stolen BILLIONS more than ANY thief weilding a gun...
By extension, should we register all Computers, CEO's, corporate administrative positions, corporate bank accounts, etc..??

How about social security fraud? Shouldn't federal LEO's have the "right" to peruse all Social Security information to ferret out crime and fraud?
Where does it end?

More seriously, why should it ever begin?

[HAL9000]

the Senate leaned toward the NRA Wednesday, tentatively approving a bill that would ban government and private lists of gun owners.

Obviously, I understand banning government lists - but banning private lists may be unconstitutional.

[endthematrix]

"In an unusually strong preamble"

Stark contrary to the usually weak support of gun rights in this country.

[endthematrix]

Re: Private Gun Lists...

"Prior to the capture of "Beltway Sniper" suspects John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo, an unconfirmed number of Maryland gun owners received surprise visits from the FBI as part of the investigation."..."Don't you know people are dying and we're just trying to do our job?"

Phone in tips might get you in some hot water too...Over the next few weeks, Montgomery County police will launch an intensive firearms crackdown using the 100,000 tips called in during the October sniper terror investigation, reports the Washington Times.

Also posted here on FR

[Tench_Coxe]

"There is no anecdotal evidence that I can find to show that people are being profiled," said Barbara Petersen, president of the First Amendment Foundation. "The danger is that there is no opportunity for law enforcement to keep track of people who are using guns to commit crimes."

Uh, lady, you just exposed an ugly mindset there. You make an automatic assumption that one who buys a gun is automatically under suspicion of criminal intent. This is the mindset of totalitarians.

[nightdriver]

"There is no anecdotal evidence that I can find to show that people are being profiled," said Barbara Petersen, president of the First Amendment Foundation. "The danger is that there is no opportunity for law enforcement to keep track of people who are using guns to commit crimes."

But, listen, Babs. People who use guns to commit crimes aren't always conscientious about registering as gun owners!

Ding-a-ling.

[El Gato]

"There is no anecdotal evidence that I can find to show that people are being profiled," said Barbara Petersen, president of the First Amendment Foundation. "The danger is that there is no opportunity for law enforcement to keep track of people who are using guns to commit crimes."

You have to wonder if this person approves of government keeping lists of those who check out certain books from the library, or buy them for that matter.

Besides the obvious problems with "shall not be infringed", guns used in crimes are very rarely used by the last traceable owner. They are either stolen, or bought in back alley somewhere, usually after being stolen, but sometimes acquired more or less legitimately, but without a paper trail. The only real reason for such lists, are to make confiscation easier "when the time comes".