>We're not simply talking about some minor inconveniences. The big deal is that here in the US
>the second amendment to our constitution says
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>"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the
>people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
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>Requiring me to register my gun, or I can't have it, is infringing on my right to have it.

I assume you know that when that amendment was drawn up, the drafters had no idea that it would be interpreted to mean that every Tom, Dick and Harry would have a gun. Are you implying that everybody in the U.S. who owns arms of some sort is part of a well regulated militia, and not just some idiot with a gun?

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>Now this might seem trivial to some, but when happens when the amendment is overlooked, and guns
>are taken away from the citizens?? Then to we also take away my first amendment right to freedom
>of speech? Where does it stop?
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>>>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.
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>>Well, you actually used the word 'criminals', so I assumed you meant actual criminals, and not just people who don't register their guns.
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>>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
>>>>>>>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.
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>>>>>>>>Kevin