Obama just got one giant step closer towards creating a national gun registry

Fox News ^ | May 27, 2016 | John R Lott Jr

[richardb72]

President Obama is taking a big step towards creating a national gun registry. Hawaii looks like it is about to provide the federal government with the list of all the gun owners in the state. Supposedly, keeping a list of gun owners’ names will enable the FBI to tell police if a gun owner ever gets arrested.

But a national gun registry isn’t necessary to do this check. The FBI isn’t the only organization that can do background checks on already existing gun owners. Hawaii already has a gun registry, and can regularly run its list of names to see if people have gotten arrested.

Some concealed carry states do that for their concealed handgun permit holders. For example, Kentucky checks its list of permit holders every month.

Hawaii is going to pay for entering the names in the new federal registry by charging gun owners a new fee. But, even if this registration reduced crime, it would hardly be just the gun owners who have registered their guns who would be the only ones who benefit. Economics would indicate that the people who benefit from this proposal should be the ones to pay for it.

If Hawaii officials really think that this will reduce crime for everyone and they aren’t just pushing this as a way to reduce gun ownership even further, they can pay for these checks out of general revenue. . . .

[Texas resident]

Didn’t that garbage start under Clinton?

The feds were to be informed about every gun purchase and under the law, the records were to be destroyed after 30 days? Wasn’t Janet Reno the AG at the time?

If you like your gun privacy, you can keep your gun privacy?

[CodeToad]

“by the locals”

Of which most of Pilipino or Japanese but claim to be Hawaiian.

[i_robot73]

Think, pretty soon, I’ll be seeing about starting up a ‘mill/smith-ing club’: Citizen X has A, Y has B, etc. Everybody bring their material of choice, blue-prints and let’s make some tools for ourselves, family and friends.

No documentation needed, everybody learns something new/teaches, output is customized and everyone, but the govt, is happy; exactly how it SHOULD be.

[kiryandil]

Hawaii is going to pay for entering the names in the new federal registry by charging gun owners a new fee.

Say what?

How are they going to get money from people who have already purchased their guns?

Send them a tax bill, or something?

[Red in Blue PA]

If it is okay for the feds to allow in “undocumented” people, then it is okay for me to have “undocumented” Guns.

Molon Labe.

[kindred]

This regime is putting the boot heal of tyranny on American citizens and allowing armies of illegals to destroy us while we look helplessly at their evil and wicked politicians destroying us. The whole left and rino gopees will have their day of judgment before God the Son, Jesus Christ, for the souls they murdered through their wicked devices and imaginations. Like the rich man and Lazarus the beggar parable Jesus used as an example of their end, they will open their eyes in hell and be tormented in the flame for the blood and evil machinations they loved and practiced both against God and mankind.

[stocksthatgoup]

Shall not be abridged

[longfellow]

Gun?? What gun?

[Shadowstrike]

pretty sure it did, so another reason to avoid another Clinton in the White House at all costs, especially since Hitlary wants to get rid of the 2nd Amendment

[moose07]

That is clearly the general idea.

[Chickensoup]

The leftist totalitarians who rule over us are collecting this information from health records, licenses, and every other source they can.

Beware.