>>>>>I am against anything that takes away rights guaranteed by the constituation and amendments unless there is clear proof that in doing so is warranted for every citizen of this country. I do not believe you can suffer the single individual for the benefit of the group.
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>>>>Same questions as before. How does a registy imply violation of your right to bear arms?
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>>>It doesn't, and granted, I haven't read this entire thread, but I don't think Tracy is saying that it does, she's stating that to some gun owners it does imply that to them. I'm a gun owner myself, and know several others, and none of us have a problem with registering our guns. In fact, every time I have bought or sold a gun, the registery application was with it.
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>>>I think, for some, it comes down to the mistrust of the government (as a whole) and the idea that somewhere "there's a list with my name on it". Like there aren't about 37,000 lists out there that my name isn't already on. :-)
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>>You've hit the nail on the head. Registration of weapons is an inconvenience. Nothing more. If people distrust their own governement so much that they need to carry a gun to protect themselves from it, then I figure it's time to move somewhere else. The funny thing is that so many of the people who are appalled by the idea of a gun registry are the same people who seem to have no problem with that same government checking their mail or phone calls, etc in a so called national security blanket. Baffling.
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>I think that's because they're too ignorant (or naive (sp?)) to equate the two because the montoring of phone, mail, etc is viewed as being 'non-intrusive' and therefore not a problem.
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>Do I trust the current Federal Government, hell no. To semi-quote Charles Barkley "I was a Republican until the Republicans lost their minds", but to leave the country because if it? Then "they" win.
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>Do I own guns because of my distrust of the Government, hell no. I like putting large holes in pieces of paper. It's fun and I can make all the noise I want to (I go to legal gun ranges). But then again, I also subscribe to "Don't pull it unless you plan on firing it, don't fire it unless you plan on killing what you're aiming at. If you can't do those two things, then you've got a rock made of metal and it's more dangerous to you than anyone else"

So you're not just putting holes in those pieces of paper; you're killing them. (I'm assuming you're aiming at them) ;)