Posted on 01/27/2013 9:05:33 AM PST by EXCH54FE
In the ongoing fevered debate over gun control legislation, registration of firearms is a key flashpoint. “Progressives” insist that nothing could be more reasonable and benign than simply requiring every firearm and firearm owner to be registered with some government entity. Thus, bad guys could be screened out and guns used in crimes could be traced to help catch the criminals. They denounce as paranoid, delusional nonsense the concerns of gun owners that registration would lead to eventual confiscation.
In a “Fact Check” at Time.com intended to dismiss “The Gun Registry Red Herring,” Michael Scherer notes that President Obama’s “Now Is The Time” gun plan issued on January 16 does not call for a federal gun registry. However, the Time piece does acknowledge that in a 2001 interview Obama, then a state senator, stated: “I’ll continue to be in favor of handgun law registration requirements and licensing requirements for training.”
It is reasonable to believe that President Obama still holds to those views and is, at this point, taking a slower, more pragmatic, step-by-step approach to get momentum going in the direction of more expansive firearms restrictions.
Leaving that reasonable speculation aside, however, it is clear that gun rights advocates are far from delusional in suspecting that gun registration might be used to actually confiscate firearms that had previously been deemed legal. First of all, there is the historical record in one country after another. In the past century alone, fascist and communist regimes have used gun registration (oftentimes enacted by previous democratic governments) to identify gun owners and implement confiscation. In Canada, Australia, and many countries of Europe, gun registration has led to confiscation in recent years. It is happening here in the United States with state laws, as the recently passed legislation in New York State demonstrates.
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People are paying attention. The local gun stores have been packed since the election. The only ones with their heads in the sand are truly stupid.
I know two sets of people. One set is stocking up supplies and setting up their bug out locations and the other group is saying things are OK and they are buying houses.
It isn’t the government’s business to know how many guns I have any more than it is for them to know how many lawn sprinklers I have.
Unless ended (like we did up her in Canuckistan),
Registration ALWAYS
leads to CONFISCATION!
Work that into a chant, and let the fools KNOW!
Some wild dogs stole my guns. Yeah, they clawed their way into my house and took off with them. Filthy mutts.
That is one of the all time best posts that I have seen in a long time.
When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer “Present” or “Not guilty.” Theodore Roosevelt
MOLON LABE
Gun grabbers always start speaking like this:
“First of all I want everybody in this room to know that I am a gun owner and I hunt, however....”
Obama's daughters can go to school without needing armed guards and many famous people will no longer require armed guards as well.
Not in Texas or Montana. But in some states, yes. We shall see.
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