We have a national registry in Canada - It doesn't work. It's just a big waste of tax money. All it did was make every gun own a criminal in the eyes of the law. The government has since abandoned registry of long guns.

>I think there should be a national registry AND a national firearms license.
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>Right now in the US a 16 year old kid can get a driver's permit and get behind the wheel of a
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>A potential gun owner should be required to attend training before being awarded a license.
>Then each time he/she buys a gun, it's entered into the database.
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>Not only is the person tracked, but trained. This would reduce the accidental deaths by guns and
>help track firearms.
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>>Tracy,
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>>Interesting links....and really supporting what is common sense.
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>>By the way, does anyone recall the Islamic looting that took place in Europe right after the 9/11 attacks? Makes you wonder if all those guys would have done so, had they known that their victims would have been able to defend themselves.
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>>I'm open to discussion on specifics of making sure that background checks for gun owners are as full-proof as possible. But the notions being promoted by some here are just way off base.
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>>Kevin