Take away illegally owned guns (California)

SF Chronicle ^ | 8:12 pm, Monday, February 4, 2013

[Don Corleone]

“Take away unpaid for cars.”

[Carry_Okie]

This should be its own thread but for the fact that it was posted as a comment under the same article above. "Take away illegally owned guns" ? What about just taking away illegally used guns ?

Spotted in the SF Comical Letters to Editors of Feb 4, 2013, online comments section:

"... Criminals CAN NOT be required to register their guns. From Wikipedia: "Haynes v. United States, 390 U.S. 85 (1968), was a United States Supreme Court decision interpreting the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution's self-incrimination clause. Haynes extended the Fifth Amendment protections elucidated in Marchetti v. United States, 390 U.S. 39, 57 (1968)."

"The National Firearms Act of 1934 required the registration of certain types of firearms. Miles Edward Haynes was a convicted felon who was charged with failing to register a firearm under the Act. Haynes argued that, because he was a convicted felon and thus prohibited from owning a firearm, requiring him to register was essentially requiring him to make an open admission to the government that he was in violation of the law, which was thus a violation of his right not to incriminate himself."

"In a 7-1 decision, the Court ruled in favor of Haynes. Earl Warren dissented in a one sentence opinion and Thurgood Marshall did not participate in the ruling."

So, ONLY the law abiding will be required to register." - posted by Astronerd