Citizen disarmament advocate Charles Schumer (D-N.Y) has shown that the cry for universal background checks has always been a subterfuge to move toward universal firearms registration.
Senator Coburn (R-OK) has offered a compromise allowing for background checks as long as no records are kept. Such systems are easily implemented and controlled through sting operations. The advantage of such a system is that can not easily be used to construct a universal registration database. Gun registration has historically been the precursor of gun confiscations, either slowly and individually, over time, or in groups during a crises.
It appears that the potential of registration is more important to those who advocate citizen disarmament than requiring universal background checks, as they remain adamant in requiring record keeping as part of any new law.
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Valid registration arguments aside, the other hooker is that once you have to get the governments OK to buy a gun, all they have to do is declare a National Emergency and shut down the computers "fpr public safety". Viola! An instant gun ban for law-abiding citizens. Won't bother the criminals though.
ReplyDeleteThe computers went down in November's "Black Friday", so it is not uncommon, and IMO, a dry run to get the wrinkles out.