> No, says the gun lobby. It would give the government a tool to confiscate our guns. The idea of a gun registry is the great fever dream that lies at the heart of gun-control conspiracy theories: Government evildoers are going to attack us any day now. We have to be ready. (And you don't give the enemy an inventory of all your weapons!)
I mean, I constantly see the concerns of gun owners derided like this, but I've never seen a good reason why they shouldn't be scared of a national registry. The debate has been purely adversarial for quite some time, so I'm not sure why/how both sides should come together for a good-faith compromise.
I mean, I constantly see the concerns of gun owners derided like this, but I've never seen a good reason why they shouldn't be scared of a national registry. The debate has been purely adversarial for quite some time, so I'm not sure why/how both sides should come together for a good-faith compromise.