Well, I'm all for tracking guns for the purpose of knowing tracking them to criminals.

The problem is that some would argue that it violates the 2nd amendment.

And, crimanals are surely not going to register their guns, so all you've done is put another
hinderence on a law-abiding citizen.



>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.
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>>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
>>dangerous vehicle.
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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.
>>>
>>>Kevin