>Law-abiding citizen in this context is the person who follows the law and registers their gun.
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>Law-breaking citizen in this context is the person who declines to register their gun.

Well, you actually used the word 'criminals', so I assumed you meant actual criminals, and not just people who don't register their guns.

And "hinderence on a law-abiding citizen"??? Life is full of hinderences, and as long as they have a legitimate purpose, mostly we live with them. We register all sorts of things: cars, children, property, etc. I find it a hinderence to have to register my car. How about you? What's the big deal about registering a gun?

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>>>Well, I'm all for tracking guns for the purpose of knowing tracking them to criminals.
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>>>The problem is that some would argue that it violates the 2nd amendment.
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>>>And, crimanals are surely not going to register their guns, so all you've done is put another
>>>hinderence on a law-abiding citizen.
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>>I keep hearing this about how all it does is penalise the law-abiding citizen. I'll say this one more time. In every case ever recorded, the first time a criminal breaks the law, whether it's a school massacre or a robbery, he/she was a 'law-abiding' citizen the day before.
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>>>>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
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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