I'm new both to FreeRepublic.com and to gun ownership. I'm thinking of getting a CCW permit, but I also understand that gun registration is the first step to confiscation (see, e.g., New York City, Great Britain, Australia, Nazi Germany, etc.). So, isn't getting a CCW permit like putting a big sign on your back that says, "Hey, Gun Grabbers--When You Confiscate The Guns Come To My House First"? I figure some of you CCW holders have thought about this issue.
Depends....
IF the all of the Legislation gets put on the books, that the FBI, CIA, Ashcroft...et al have requested, then yes that will very likely be one of the first steps of that.
But...with the 'Gun Laws' that are already on the books, which would you rather do :
1) - Protect your family with a Legal weapon upon an attack from an outside source - and have the law(s) behind you...
-or-
2) - Protect your family with a weapon that isn't exactly legal, during a similar attack and - no matter the results of that attack and defense - go to jail for having/using an Illegal weapon.
Its most assuredly a possible "Catch 22" - but the groundswell of support of Gun Rights, things may begin to work in favor of our hopes & wishes....