Would you support gun registration if the data safeguarded?

Question

As you know your private data in lots of place is searchable with a bit of effort. I would support gun registration if the data is tightly guarded. Let say all registrations are put in a lock box. ID is given to each registration and only the IDs are put in a searchable database. When there is a match, only a court order can
pull out the identified registration. The lock box can only be use for this and only this purpose. I think this would the only time that bring the NRA and the ACLU in the same boat.

Answer 1

sure sounds fine,,, except for Tom Delay and other convicted felons,, that have lost their right to bear arms,,, Dick Cheney should lose his as well,, for shooting his lawyer in the face,,,

Answer 2

I guess my question would be what is the point and purpose of gun registration? And what would the gun registration be used for?

If there was a concern about the "wrong people" (i.e. convicted felons, etc.) getting guns - that could be solved with an instant, or even a 24 hour background check.

The problem with gun registration is that in requires people to choose to register their guns. Criminals, or those who shouldn't have guns won't go in to register them - so you'll only end up with a database of law abiding gun owners.

My other main concern about gun registration is that if, someday, the government chooses to take away the guns - the people then are powerless against government tyranny. It has happened many times in history where guns have been taken away - and then people are powerless against their government.

There is a reason, I believe, why the second amendment is second, and follows the most important amendment, the right to freedom of speech. I believe that the Founding Fathers intended the second amendment to be used as a safeguard, a check and balance as it were, against government tyranny.

Think about it, the right against self-incrimination, freedom from housing soldiers in our homes, freedom against unreasonable search and seizures, and warrants can be issued only for probably cause. The second amendment was placed above all of these.

So no - I wouldn't support gun registration - even if the data was safeguarded - because I don't believe there is a valid reason for the government to have a list of everybody who owns a gun.

Answer 3

The ATF already has the capability to trace the purchase of a gun in a criminal investigation. With a court order they can get paperwork from the gun store that sold the gun. This is sufficient. What must never happen is for anybody to have the ability to type a name into a database and see a list of all the guns that person owns.

Answer 4

Not a chance. The democrats pushing this issue led to thier loss of the house under newt. Its a big time political looser for the Dems and they all know it and won't touch it. Beyond that the question is why would we want to register guns? There is very limited disputes as to the ownership of them and seldom questions of right to possession. Will it stop crime? No, statistics show exactly the opposite in countries such as Australia, England ect. The guns on the street are not with the registered owners so it would offer little protection. Honestly there would be 0 benefit. It would only lead to more buracracy and waste of taxpayer $.

Answer 5

it can be a waste of time..states already sign in firearms and the federal DOJ keeps archives of those that are banned...this could merely create yet another government entty sucking up money that must be used someplace else. So if she is elementary interior the project and not purely attempting to garner help from gun rights human beings then solid. The feds ought to mandate states greater efficient their registration subject concerns by tying it with some factors or help the states obtain from the feds...and be sure they have interstate assessments.

Answer 6

ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE to legitimate firearms owners all over America. And NO, "Mulligan's first mate", NO firearms are registered in the United States nor have they ever been, because it is a known historical fact that registration has always preceded confiscation. Ask the former legal firearms owners of Britain, Canada, and Australia what happened. Then look at their rising violent crime rates ever since, by the criminals there who didn't turn in THEIR guns. America has found a better answer -- legalized concealed carry, now in nearly every state.

Answer 7

Absolutely not!!!!!! Registration is just a prelude to confiscation. Is this some right wing scare tactic. Ask the people in Australia, California, Scotland and England if registration leads to confiscation. These countries have had confiscation all in recent history.

Zimbabwe also recently confiscated guns before killing people and knocking down homes.

Side note their crime rates have skyrocketed. The only thing gun confiscation will only lead to slavery.

Answer 8

Yes. But it is a lost cause. Too many already in circulation. A faulty interpretation of the Constitution got us in this mess. The "arms" phrase is preceded by "a well ordered militia being necessary for the common defense..." What we have now is guns in the hands of the mentally disabled (Hinckley) and most anyone who wants one. I wonder what prevents a person from getting a recoilless rifle or an anti-tank gun. They are "arms". If you had the money you could buy a fairly model jet and fly it with ammo and bombs. After all "arms" are protected by the Constitution.

Answer 9

WHY??? A safe place like my social security number was when the veterans administration lost a lap top containing several hundred thousand numbers?

What good would this do? Dont you liberals have anything else to think about? Keep your rat claws off of our guns.

Answer 10

It's a bunch of crap. Data can not be "safe". Whatever security one man can invent another can circumvent. You bleeding-heart liberals keep forgetting this simple fact: CRIMINALS DON'T OBEY THE LAWS. That's the defining point of being a criminal. More laws won't change that. Making guns illegal only punishes law abiding citizens, because CRIMINALS DON'T OBEY THE LAWS! Get it yet?

Gun control is being able to hit your target.

Answer 11

Do you really trust the government that much? There is a reason the Second Amendment is aimed at the federal government. It is to keep the federal government from subjugating the populace.