“Making private sales illegal is really to create a registry so they know where all the guns are.”
Correct.
They did this multi-step gun confiscation process already in most Western countries.
The registry will start by regulation to “give meaning to the law”. Or it will start off voluntary “to provide proof that no improper transfer occurred” and then become mandatory.
And then they will confiscate.
“And then they will confiscate.”
Who is “they?”